Uganda tightens border controls, suspends transport links with DRC, and boosts emergency health measures as Ebola spreads from eastern Congo.
By Nelson Naturinda
Bureau chief based in Kampala
Nation Media Group
Under the new measures, the government suspended ferry passenger services on the Semliki River along the Uganda-DRC border and halted cross-border public road transport for four weeks.
All flights between the two countries will also be suspended within 48 hours, as authorities intensify screening in high-risk districts.
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