How many people have died of the disease?

Two more people have died in Uganda’s Ebola outbreak, officials working at a hospital said Wednesday.(7)This brings the death toll to 16 people. They died in an outbreak that began in the Kibaale district in western Uganda. One of the two latest deaths was of a 14-year-old boy whose nine relatives have also died in the outbreak in the district’s Nyanswiga village, where the first case is thought to have been. The two died in a hospital in Kagadi, a town close to the Congolese border. About three dozen suspected cases have been reported, World Health Organization spokesman Tariq Jasarevic said Tuesday.
    The deaths have stoked heightened fear about the spread of the virus, a highly infectious, often fatal agent spread through direct contact with bodily fluids. Symptoms can include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, a measles-like rash, red eyes and, at times, bleeding from body openings.(8)Health officials urged the public to report any suspected cases, to avoid contact with anyone infected and to wear gloves and masks while disinfecting bedding and clothing of infected people. Officials also advised avoiding public gatherings in the affected district.