The ministry of health in Uganda is to partner with that of tourism to ensure that all bats in western region are killed.
Doctors attend to an EBloa patient in Uganda
This follows reports from ecologists that the bats are carriers of Ebola and Marburg.
According to the permanent secretary ministry of health Dr. Asuman Lukwago all bats in caves and forests will be killed to control the spread of deadly two types of fever.
Dr.Lukwago notes that when bats bite on food and human beings feed on it, human beings end up contracting any of the diseases.
