Activities suspended
Three new cases were announced in Uganda on Saturday, bringing the total confirmed cases since the current outbreak to five, the Health Ministry said.
Congolese authorities have suspended social activities in Ituri, the epicentre of the outbreak, including sports, to prevent the spread of Ebola.
Ten countries, including Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Zambia, face the risk of an Ebola outbreak, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
The WHO has raised the alert level to “very high,” and several countries neighbouring Congo have intensified preventive measures to prevent the virus from spreading, including restricting travel from Congo.
