Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health revealed on Saturday the country has recorded three new cases of Ebola virus disease bringing the total number of confirmed cases recorded in the country to five. The new cases include a Ugandan driver who transported the first case who has …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday proposed establishing a continental Ebola Incident Management Support Team in Uganda to strengthen coordination and monitoring of the disease response across Africa. The proposal was presented during a meeting between a visiting Africa …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has announced that Russia will assist the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda in swiftly controlling the ongoing Ebola outbreak. “We hope that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with the support …

Geneva | URN | While there are promising candidate vaccines that could offer protection against the circulating Ebola Bundibugyo virus strain, their effectiveness has not yet been confirmed. The strain has so far caused two confirmed cases in Uganda and 51 in neighboring DRC. Speaking at a news conference on …

KINSHASA | Xinhua | The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda has prompted heightened regional and international concern, as health authorities reported over 100 suspected cases, cross-border infections and growing risks due to insecurity, population movement and a lack of strain-specific countermeasures. RISING …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has released fresh Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at protecting learners, teachers, and staff following the Ebola outbreak. The guidelines come at a time when schools across the country are set to reopen for the second term of 2026. ADr. Denis Mugimba, …

GENEVA | Xinhua | The risk of the Ebola epidemic is “high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level,” and the situation is not a “pandemic emergency,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is racing to contain its latest Ebola outbreak, after it was declared on May 15 in the eastern province of Ituri. During a media briefing on Tuesday, DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba said that 543 suspected cases were …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread beyond its initial epicenter in Ituri province to additional areas in eastern DRC, with confirmed imported cases reported in neighboring Uganda, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an international …

Hoima, Uganda | URN | Heightened Ebola screening, surveillance, and control measures have been intensified along the Uganda–DR Congo border districts following confirmed cases in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Ebola screening centres have been reactivated in the districts of Hoima, Buliisa, Kagadi, Fort Portal, Kikuube, …