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Uganda confirms new Ebola cases as risk in DRC rises to highest level

A visitor has their temperature checked before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, eastern DRC, as part of Ebola prevention measures on 18 May 2026.
A visitor has their temperature checked before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, eastern DRC, as part of Ebola prevention measures on 18 May 2026. © AFP - JOSPIN MWISHA

As the World Health Organisation raised its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to the highest level, Uganda has confirmed three new cases of the deadly virus.

More than 80 Ebola cases have been confirmed in DRC so far, with hundreds more suspected.

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