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Ministry of Health confirms three new Ebola cases in Uganda, bringing confirmed total to five

Humanitarian & Crises Verified Uganda (national) 23 May 2026 Severity: 3/5

According to the Daily Monitor, the Ministry of Health said in a statement from Director General Health Services Prof Charles Olaro that three new Ebola infections had been confirmed, bringing Uganda's total to five. The ministry said the new cases are a Ugandan driver who transported the first confirmed patient, a Ugandan health worker who treated that patient, and a Congolese woman who entered through Arua and was treated at a private hospital in Kampala before returning to DR Congo. The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain, for which the article says there is no approved vaccine.

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