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According to the Ministry of Health, 12 patients are currently undergoing treatment, while two have recovered and been discharged from hospital. One person has died from the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health officials said 668 people identified as contacts of confirmed cases are being closely monitored for possible infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outbreak was traced to a Congolese national who travelled to Uganda from Ituri Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The patient subsequently transmitted the virus to several other people, including healthcare workers involved in their care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the DRC Ministry of Health reported that the country’s Ebola caseload had reached 231 as of May 31, 2026, including 48 fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outbreak in the DRC remains concentrated in Ituri Province, particularly in the areas of Mongbwalu, Rwampara and Bunia, although a limited number of cases have also been reported in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ebola outbreak in Uganda was traced to a Congolese national who travelled to Uganda from Ituri Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Uganda has recorded six new Ebola infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases linked to the ongoing Bundibugyo strain outbreak to 15, health authorities announced on June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000114253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[151],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000114252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-editors-choice","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000114253,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ugeb-18c90.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":601,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ugeb-18c90.jpg","width":150,"height":90},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ugeb-18c90.jpg","width":300,"height":180},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ugeb-18c90.jpg","width":768,"height":462},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ugeb-18c90.jpg","width":1000,"height":601},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ugeb-18c90.jpg","width":1000,"height":601}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000114252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000114252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000114252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000114254,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000114252\/revisions\/2000114254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000114253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000114252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000114252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000114252"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000114252"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000114252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}