Suspected Ebola case isolated at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital as Lake Albert screening stepped up

According to Hoima's acting District Health Officer, a 50-year-old man from Runga Landing Site in Kiganja Sub-county was isolated at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital after developing Ebola-like symptoms, and his samples were sent to Wandegeya for testing. The official said screening teams had been deployed at Lake Albert landing sites because of an Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.