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		</div><p>The Congolese pastor who is thought to have caused the Ebola outbreak’s spread into Uganda was unknown to health officials before he died of the disease, the World Health Organisation said.</p>
<p>That incident underlines the problems in tracking the virus as a WHO expert panel on Friday is set to discuss whether to declare a global health emergency.</p>
<p>As a second person infected with Ebola died in Uganda, WHO emergencies chief Dr Mike Ryan told The Associated Press he did not believe the man had been on any list of high-risk Ebola contacts that health workers use to track infections and contain the outbreak.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ebola?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ebola</a> transmits through close contact with<br />-Body fluids (like blood, feces, vomit) of someone who is sick or has died from Ebola<br />-Objects that have been contaminated with body fluids <a href="https://t.co/l1kiq5m2qh">https://t.co/l1kiq5m2qh</a> <a href="https://t.co/Dcx4NuLYV4">pic.twitter.com/Dcx4NuLYV4</a></p>
<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1139160494877675520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Three of the pastor’s family members were infected with Ebola when they travelled from Uganda to DR Congo to visit him.</p>
<p>His five-year-old grandson became the first Ebola case in Uganda and the first death after several family members quietly returned home on footpaths that bypassed border screening for Ebola.</p>
<p>The boy’s grandmother also died after their return, Ugandan officials said on Thursday.</p>
<p>“It’s an unfortunate occurrence that a pastor who’s taking care of people and providing care to people is himself infected in the line of his own work and then ultimately goes on to infect others,” Dr Ryan said.</p>
<p>The pastor’s positive test for Ebola came back only after he was buried, Dr Dominique Kabongo, coordinator of Ebola response teams in Kasindi, said.</p>
<p>Family members traditionally wash and dress the corpse.</p>
<p>More than 80 people attended the burial, Dr Kabongo said.</p>
<p>The first cross-border cases in this Ebola outbreak — the second-deadliest in history — have prompted the WHO expert committee to again consider declaring a global health emergency after twice deciding against it.</p>
<p>Such declarations almost always boost attention and donor funding.</p>
<p>Dr Ryan said there is no evidence Ebola is spreading within Uganda and that authorities have contained the virus to the family.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anyone who is sick with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ebola?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ebola</a> needs treatment as quickly as possible. </p>
<p>In the ongoing outbreak in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DRC?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DRC</a>, a trial is being conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of drugs used in the treatment of Ebola patients. <a href="https://t.co/S5dw8bbqWG">pic.twitter.com/S5dw8bbqWG</a></p>
<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1139198750537240576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He said 27 people who may have been exposed are being followed. Ugandan authorities said three suspected Ebola cases not related to the family were awaiting test results.</p>
<p>More than 1,400 people have died in this outbreak declared in August in eastern DR Congo, one of the world’s most turbulent regions, where rebel attacks and resistance by community members wary of authorities have badly hampered Ebola containment work.</p>
<p>For months, officials have feared the virus would cross the heavily travelled border where health workers have been screening millions of people for fever and other symptoms.</p>
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