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We set out for Uganda's front line in the world's newest war against Ebola. The capital's traffic of Kampala giving way over six hours to dusty, red roads and the shimmering serenity of Lake Albert. [SOBBING] Belying the terror just across its waters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where Ebola is raging. Here in Uganda, the line is holding. But there is still fear. [SPEAKING ARABIC]
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Dr. [? Jasim ?] [? al-Daif ?] goes shelter to shelter through the Syrian refugee settlement camp, home to more than 160,000 refugees fleeing conflict, teaching families how to recognize Ebola. [SPEAKING ARABIC]
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We were told about a boy with a fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit, body aches, and fatigue. Some of those symptoms are also for Ebola. Yes. How much of a concern is that? It is very concerning, actually. That's why I didn't touch anything. This is a myth.
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Down the road, Ebola educator Simon Oppido fights a different outbreak of myths. But they say it is witchcraft. If you get exposed--
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He teaches that it spreads through blood and saliva, not evil spirits. But he's been set back by funding cuts from Washington more than 7,000 miles away. What would be your message to President Trump? Oh. Trump should release his heart and release the funding.
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Still, Uganda sealed its checkpoints with The Congo. It's working. 19 confirmed cases, two deaths, no new infections since June 6. But Uganda's director of public health admits the closed border alone can't hold. Roughly the length of Florida, north to south, and porous. It's like stopping wind from blowing.
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And it's not just the land that's porous. It's the water, too. Boats with asylum seekers usually sail after Sunset. The problem is that there are only a few Patrol boats to catch them before they land. Lake Albert is about the size of Utah's Great Salt Lake, making it very difficult to police these waters. [METAL CLANGING] We met one person who proved it can still be crossed. His name, James Peter, a week into quarantine. How did you come over from The Congo to here? He paid about $10 to a man, he said, to ferry him across, fleeing a war and now a virus at once. His future could be this. Today, nearly 200 more Congolese refugees were granted asylum, lining up for a meal and land to start over. Diseases don't know borders.
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Leonard Musinguzi, a surveillance officer with the International Rescue Committee, has spent his career chasing outbreaks. Basically, a health concern is a global concern. Yes, that is true.
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Uganda has, for now, kept Ebola at its edge. But this is a country living on another edge too, of anxiety, just miles from an outbreak believed to be on track to be the worst in history. For CBS Saturday Morning, I'm Ramy Inocencio on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
