Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
May 24(Jowhar)-Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of outbreaks in the country to five, as officials have intensified efforts to control the spread of the disease. This comes as the African public health agency warned on Saturday that 10 other countries are at risk [...].
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May 24(Jowhar)-Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of outbreaks in the country to five, as officials have intensified efforts to control the spread of the disease.
This comes as the African public health agency warned on Saturday that 10 other countries are at risk as the highly contagious Bundibugyo strain of Ebola continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Uganda has suspended all public transport to the DRC on Thursday to help stop the flow of the virus.
A woman who traveled from the Congo to Uganda is suspected to be the cause of the current outbreak in Uganda.
A driver who transported this woman and a health worker who examined her are among those who have died from this disease.
Nearly 750 suspected cases of this disease are in the Congo, while 177 deaths have been confirmed so far.
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