Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in Uganda, health authorities said Saturday, after the World Health Organization raised the risk from the deadly outbreak to the highest level for neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
The new cases bring to five the total confirmed in Uganda since the current outbreak was discovered in the east African country on May 15.
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It named the patients as a Ugandan driver, a Ugandan health worker and a woman from the DRC, the epicenter of the outbreak, which the WHO has declared an international emergency.
“Three new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed in the country,” the Ugandan health ministry said in a statement on X.
