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An outbreak of Ebola in Uganda is proving more difficult to deal with than more recent epidemics, but the president has rejected calls for a lockdown.

It took three weeks before the first case was detected, which is amongst the main concerns. Another is that this is the Sudan strain of Ebola for which there is no approved vaccine, unlike the more common Zaire strain.

So far 31 cases have been confirmed, though it is feared that there could be many more, and medical staff have accused the government of putting their lives at risk. Intended strikes by medical interns due these safety concerns at the Mubende regional hospital have now been called off.

Donatello, not his real name to protect his identity, is a medical intern who works there. He explains that initially, Ebola cases were diagnosed as malaria because the hospital isn鈥檛 well equipped to test for Ebola: "It was hard to find out we really had Ebola virus in the hospital."

(Photo: A man looks at an Ebola virus disease awareness campaign poster. Credit: Stringer/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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