A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026.
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Uganda has stepped up Ebola screening and contact tracing in Kampala after confirming two new cases involving health workers, raising the country’s total infections to seven as authorities race to contain the outbreak linked to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026.
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Uganda reports two new Ebola cases, increasing the total to seven, as health officials urge public vigilance and contact tracing.

The two new cases are health workers in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. The World Health Organization has declared a public health…

Uganda has detected two more confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the…

The latest cases involve two health workers at a private hospital in Kampala, the Ugandan Ministry of Health announced on Monday

Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to seven.

The two new cases involve health workers in Kampala as the WHO declared an emergency over the Congo-linked outbreak.