Uganda Reports Three New Ebola Cases, Total Infections Rise to Five as Authorities Ramp Up Containment Measures
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- •Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases, raising the total number of infections to five as authorities intensify contact tracing efforts.
- •The new cases include a driver, a health worker, and a Congolese woman who initially recovered but later tested positive for Ebola.
- •The WHO has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, warning of a high risk of spread beyond the DRC and Uganda.
- •The lack of a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain and factors like delayed detection, armed violence, and high population mobility are complicating containment efforts.
The Ugandan health ministry announced on Saturday that three new Ebola cases have been confirmed, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak to five. The cases involve a driver who transported the country’s first confirmed Ebola patient, a health worker exposed while treating that patient, and a woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who entered Uganda with mild abdominal symptoms. All three individuals are receiving treatment, and authorities have intensified contact tracing efforts to prevent further spread.
