Buikwe Assistant RDC urges sex workers in Njeru to suspend activities amid Ebola surveillance

According to the Daily Monitor, Buikwe Assistant Resident District Commissioner Richard Chris Kakwezi, speaking in Bukaya, Njeru Municipality, advised sex workers to suspend or limit sexual activity, saying long-distance truck drivers on border routes could bring Ebola into Uganda. The paper reports that Uganda and Kenya have stepped up Ebola screening at the Busia and Malaba border points in response to outbreaks in the region, including eastern DR Congo.