Neighboring the deadly hit DRC, Uganda has reported the increasing incidence of Ebola with two more cases confirmed Today by the country’s health ministry.
Now the confirmed cases in the country reached seven, Reuters reported citing Ministry’s statement.
“Both patients have been admitted to the designated treatment unit and are now receiving care,” the ministry said, adding that response teams were tracing all those who had been in contact with the two people.
Ugandan authorities confirmed three new Ebola cases on Saturday.
The epicentre of the outbreak is in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, which borders Uganda.
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that there had been more than 900 suspected cases in the outbreak so far, including 101 confirmed cases.
