Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of rare Ebola type are surging
Uganda has closed its border with Congo due to a surge in suspected cases of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus. This decision comes as Ugandan health workers were exposed to the virus from Congolese patients. The World Health Organization has expressed concerns that such border closures may increase the risk of disease spread through informal crossings.
- ▪Uganda ordered the closure of its border with Congo amid rising suspected Ebola cases.
- ▪The Bundibugyo virus outbreak has led to confirmed cases in Uganda after health workers were exposed.
- ▪The World Health Organization has warned that border closures could exacerbate the spread of the virus.
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A medical officer checks the temperature of a man to screen against the spread of Ebola virus, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo virus at the Platinum Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda, May 26. Reuters-YonhapKAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda on Wednesday ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola are surging, and as cases have been confirmed at home after Ugandan health workers were exposed to the disease from Congolese patients.The measure, which goes against the guidance by the World Health Organization, underscores growing fears of contagion in East Africa from Bundibugyo, a rare type of the Ebola virus that is behind this outbreak and that has no approved medicines or vaccines.Like Congo,…
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