June 18, 2026
The current Ebola outbreak across Uganda and the DRC has reached 894 confirmed cases and 204 confirmed deaths, with 74 recoveries reported in the first month since the declaration on May 15, 2026.
Dr Wessam Mankoula, Acting Head of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said this on Thursday during a webinar on the Ebola update.
Mankoula is also the Regional Director of the Northern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre (Africa RCC)
According to him, Uganda’s situation remains unchanged, with 19 cases, two deaths for a 10.5 per cent case fatality rate, seven recoveries, and 100 per cent contact tracing, all confined to one health zone in Kampala.
