Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases, bringing total to five
Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, raising the total to five in the current outbreak. The new cases include a driver and a health worker who were in contact with the first confirmed patient. Authorities are intensifying contact tracing efforts to contain the virus's spread.
- ▪The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a death rate of up to 50 percent and currently has no approved vaccine.
- ▪Uganda suspended all public transport to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after confirming two cases involving Congolese nationals.
- ▪The World Health Organization has raised the risk assessment for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola to 'very high' at the national level.
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News|EbolaUganda confirms three new Ebola cases, bringing total to fiveThe new cases in Uganda include a driver who transported the country’s first confirmed patient and a health worker.ListenListen (3 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a death rate of up to 50 percent, and no approved vaccine yet [File: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images]By AFP and ReutersPublished On 23 May 202623 May 2026Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the country in this outbreak to five, as authorities stepped up contact tracing to try to contain the spread.The update from Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Saturday came a day after World…
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