As a new Ebola outbreak (Sudan strain) continues in DR Congo’s Kasai Province, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, with support from WHO and partners, has intensified surveillance and border screening to reduce cross-border transmission risk.
Uganda Strengthens Preparedness as Ebola Outbreak Unfolds in DR Congo
MUBENDE, UGANDA - OCTOBER 13: Red Cross workers don PPE prior to burying a 3-year-old boy suspected of dying from Ebola on October 13, 2022 in Mubende, Uganda. Emergency response teams, isolation centres and treatment tents have been set up by the Ugandan health authorities around the central Mubende district after 17 recorded deaths and 48 confirmed cases from an outbreak of the Ebola virus. The first death from this outbreak of the Ebola-Sudan strain of the virus was announced on 19 September and as yet, there is no vaccine for this strain. (Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images)
