Residents of Butagaya sub-county in Jinja district have abandoned the body of their colleague in a house on suspicision of having died of the deadly maburg fever.

According to Moses Batwala a resident and former jinja district vice chairman, 60 year old Sylvester Ziraba a resident of Kamira village died on Sunday after several days of vomiting blood.

Batwala reveals that the deceased was also passing lood in his urine in addition to having red eyes and high body temperature.

He said Jinja hospital medical team was called but failed to show up  for tests on the deceased to give confirmation on whether or not this was a marburg case.

Ziraba died yesterday but by this afternoon, the body had not been taken to hospital for examination.

But when contacted on phone, the district health officer Dr Peter Dyogo ruled out the possibilities of the deceased having died of Maburg, calling for calm among the residents as they investigate the cause of the death.

A fresh outbreak of the deadly marburg fever was reported in the country early this month and has so far claimed 6 lives while over 100 suspected cases are still being mornitored by health officials in Kabaale where it was first reported and at Mulago hospital.