The border will be closed for four weeks, except for Ebola response teams, humanitarian and security operations, and food and cargo transport, senior health official Diana Atwine told a press conference.
Uganda has reported seven Ebola cases and one death in the outbreak, whose epicenter is in Congo’s Ituri province.
Congo has seen more than 900 suspected cases and over 220 deaths, according to the World Health Organization, which has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.
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Closing border crossings won’t stop footpaths, but it may slow official transit enough
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[Reuters reports – ](https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/uganda-closes-border-congo-try-135946732.html?ncid=redditnewsus) Uganda has closed its border with neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo with immediate effect to try to limit the spread of Ebola, Uganda’s government said on Wednesday.
The border will be closed for four weeks, except for Ebola response teams, humanitarian and security operations, and food and cargo transport, senior health official Diana Atwine told a press conference.
Uganda has reported seven Ebola cases and one death in the outbreak, whose epicenter is in Congo’s Ituri province.
Congo has seen more than 900 suspected cases and over 220 deaths, according to the World Health Organization, which has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.
Closing border crossings won’t stop footpaths, but it may slow official transit enough
It needs to come to the US
I thought Ebola has a vaccine now?