The new cases in Uganda include a driver who transported the country’s first confirmed patient and a health worker.By AFP and ReutersPublished On 23 May 202623 May 2026Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the country in this outbreak to five, as authorities stepped up contact tracing to try to contain the spread.The update from Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Saturday came a day after World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the risk assessment for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was being revised to “very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at global level”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listNearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths have been recorded in Uganda’s neighbouring country, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the centre of the outbreak.First responders in the DRC say they lack basic supplies, which some have attributed to foreign aid cuts by major international donors, particularly the United States.The WHO has said late detection, the absence of a vaccine or virus-specific therapeutics, widespread armed violence and high mobility among the population make the DRC especially vulnerable.Uganda suspended all public transport to the DRC on Thursday after confirming two cases of Ebola – one infection and one death – involving Congolese nationals who crossed the border.The new cases in Uganda reported on Saturday include a driver who transported the country’s first confirmed patient and a health worker exposed while caring for that patient.Both are receiving treatment and were identified among known contacts, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Advertisement The third case is a woman from DRC who entered Uganda with mild abdominal symptoms and later travelled from Arua, close to the border, to Entebbe before seeking care at a private hosp …
