THE corpse of man was left lying in Kampala’s main taxi park for two days because of fears that he had died of the highly contagious Ebola fever. The old man had been bleeding through the nose, eyes and mouth shortly before he collapsed and died on Sunday morning, according to media reports. A lorry had run over the body and other vehicles drove around it. “We had agreed with Kampala City Council (KCC) that if any person is suspected to be showing signs of Ebola we should inform the task force as we have no protective gear,” a police representative said. “If doctors can die, so can policemen. We informed KCC about the incident, but they kept quiet and told us to remove the body. But it was not our duty.” An outbreak has so far infected 413 people in Uganda, of whom 161 have died, including a top doctor who was treating patients and other medical staff. The body was picked up by a team hired by Kampala’s Ebola Task Force on Monday evening. – AFP