Uganda's latest outbreak of Ebola virusis the fourth in recent years.About two hundred people diedin the biggest outbreak, in two thousand.Thirty-seven people died in the last outbreakin two thousand seven.Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever-- it can lead to bleeding insideand outside the body.Symptoms of the disease include high fever,vomiting and sometimes diarrhea.Other signs include weakness, muscle pain,headache and sore throat.Ebola spreads through contact with bloodor other body fluids of infected people.The virus is often deadly.There is no cure,and no vaccine to prevent the disease.On Monday, President Yoweri Museveni urged Ugandansto report all suspected cases of Ebola.He also urged people to limit their physical contact-- even shaking hands.YOWERI MUSEVENI: "We discourage the shaking of handsbecause that can cause contact through sweat,which can cause problems.And when people are sick in hospitals,with symptoms which look like Ebola,they should be handledby medical workers wearing protective gear."President Museveni also warned peopleto let medical workers bury suspected Ebola victims.YOWERI MUSEVENI: "Please do not takeon the job of burying him, or her.Call the medical workers to be the ones to do itbecause they are the ones who can do it safely."Most of the cases in the latest outbreakhave been reported in western Uganda.A World Health Organization official saidthe first cases in July were mistaken at first for cholera.But Denis Lwamafa from Uganda's Ministry of Health saysUganda has improved its ability to identify cases of Ebola.DENIS LWAMAFA: "Uganda now is probably at the forefront,in terms of handling viral hemorrhagic fevers,on the continent of Africa.So this is now an indigenous local capacityof which we must take note.We've been able to elevatethe level of proficiency in diagnosingeven these highly infectious organisms here in Uganda,and I would like to reportthat the diagnosis of the Ebola virus was done here."Mr. Lwamafa said that although the diseaseis also found in nearby countries,outbreaks are not always identified.DENIS LWAMAFA: "In other countries,especially in some of the neighboring countries,many times Ebola goes unrecognized,and other times is goes unreported,because it has the capacity to burn itself out.In some of the neighboring states,Ebola comes and wipes out even whole villages,and after a certain time,because there is nobody else to infect, it dies out."Ebola fever is named after a rivernear the first recognized outbreak.That was in nineteen seventy-six in Zaire,now the Democratic Republic of Congo.And that's the VOA Special English Health Report.To read and listen to more storiesfor people learning English,go to 51voa.com.You can also find our captioned videos at the VOA Learning English Channel on YouTube.