Uganda reported three additional Ebola cases, bringing the total infections in the country to five. The new cases include a Ugandan driver who transported the first confirmed case, a Ugandan health worker exposed while caring for the initial patient, and a Congolese woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who entered Uganda showing symptoms. All three patients are currently under treatment. The Ministry of Health has identified and is closely monitoring all contacts associated with the confirmed cases.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), commended Uganda’s Ministry of Health for their prompt actions in detecting, monitoring, and treating suspected and confirmed Ebola cases. He emphasized the importance of maintaining high vigilance to contain the virus spread during this critical phase of the outbreak response. WHO, along with Africa CDC and other partners in the DRC and Uganda, is actively working to contain the outbreak and provide support to affected individuals.
The World Health Organisation raised the public health risk level of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from high to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) called for increased solidarity to swiftly control the recent Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, announced the allocation of up to $60 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to expedite the response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo and the surrounding region.
