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Uganda's president has extended a six-week lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak in the nation. Describing the situation as "still fragile", President Yoweri Museveni extended a lockdown on the two central districts of Mubende and Kassandra by 21 days.  Watch | World of Africa: Ebola outbreak in Uganda

Addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Centre yesterday, the State Minister of Primary Education, Ms Joyce Kaducu, said a total of 23 Ebola cases have since been confirmed, of which, eight...

Ugandan health minister Jane Ruth Aceng has asked the citizens to be vigilant and report if they or any of one they know has come in contact with the Ebola-infected person.

State officials and infectious diseases experts told doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms consistent with Ebola virus infection among people who have traveled recently to Uganda.

Of the two patients, one of them, a male, died in Kiruddu Hospital last week. The other, the man’s wife, tested positive in Kitebi Health Centre IV in Kampala and has been isolated in Entebbe...

Cumulative confirmed deaths have jumped to 17 while cumulative recoveries stand at 14

Uganda on Wednesday confirmed the death of a health worker from Ebola, bringing the total number of fatalities from the highly contagious virus to 10.

Ebola Vaccine Delivery Delayed By Bad Weather The arrival of 11,000 doses from the World Health Organization (WHO) of Ebola haemorrhagic fever vaccine Merck in Guinea — originally scheduled to be received Sunday afternoon at Conakry airport, was postponed to Monday. The delay came as a result of the seasonal harmattan-sourced "fog" in the city that prevented the plane carrying the injections from landing. The Guinean capital has been invaded for three days by fog caused by the harmattan, a ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed two new cases of Ebola, including one far from the centre of the outbreak, provincial Health Minister Eugene Nzanzu Salita says.The cases were found in Katwa and in Manguredjipa, which is about 150 kilometres west of the city of Butembo, where all the previous cases have been clustered.

Story highlights A new crisis has erupted in Africa - an outbreak of Ebola in Guinea and Congo. Five people have died in Guinea so far and six African countries have been put on alert. A new crisis has erupted in Africa - an outbreak of Ebola in Guinea and Congo. Five people have died in Guinea so far and six African countries have been put on alert. In Africa, healthcare workers donning PPEs are fighting Ebola after new cases emerged in the region. Both Guinea and Congo experienced the world�...