In an effort to curb the spread of Ebola, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an immediate lockdown and the imposition of a dusk-till-dawn curfew for…
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Ebola has claimed the life of another health worker as the Uganda struggles to contain the spread of the virus. Mubende Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Rosemary…
Uganda said its Ebola caseload had jumped to 16 people while a further 18 people also likely had the disease, fueling fears of a spreading outbreak…
Health officials and civic leaders in Uganda have suspended operations of entertainment centres and limited the number of people attending burials and weddings in Mubende District…
Following the confirmation of a case in the eastern province of North-Kivu, the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have proclaimed a resurgence of…
According to the World Health Organisation, WHO, the Marburg virus, which produces a highly contagious illness resembling Ebola, was found in two Ghanaian individuals who later…
The national biomedical laboratory announced on Friday that a case of Ebola has been identified in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with reports saying at…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says Ivory Coast’s first recorded case of Ebola in more than 25 years is of “immense concern.” Ivory Coast’s Ministry of…
Guinea’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene says it has detected a probable case of Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. According to…
Rwanda has denied it shut its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC – over fears of a potential Ebola outbreak. In the…