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.

Screening tools and hygiene measures deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic are making a comeback, with Uganda temporarily suspending large cultural events as a precaution.

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

Uganda has detected two more confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the country to seven, its health ministry said on Monday,…

KAMPALA, May 25 — Uganda confirmed today two new cases of Ebola, bringing to seven the total since the virus outbreak was discovered in the east African country on May 15.“The...

Ugandan health authorities reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections there to seven as the number of suspected cases in the Congo continued to rise.

The two new cases are health workers in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. The World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency over the latest outbreak, which began in…

Uganda reports two new Ebola cases, increasing the total to seven, as health officials urge public vigilance and contact tracing.

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

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

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…

Uganda has ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected Ebola cases are surging. A local Ugandan task force gave the order on Wednesday.

Uganda made the decision after a rise in its health workers exposed to the virus by Congolese patients who crossed the border.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda on Wednesday ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola are surging, and...

Uganda on Wednesday ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola are surging.

The measure, which goes against the guidance by the World Health Organization, underscores growing fears of contagion in East Africa from Bundibugyo, a rare type of the Ebola…

Uganda's health ministry said on Friday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country had risen to nine.

Uganda confirmed two new Ebola cases on Friday, bringing the total to nine – including one fatality – since the outbreak was declared on May 15 in the

"All contacts of this new confirmed case have been identified and are under close follow up," the ministry said in a statement.