Ugandan authorities have ordered the immediate closure of their border with neighbouring Congo following a surge in a rare strain of Ebola and the emergence of new cases within Uganda.
The decision, made by a local Ebola task force led by Vice President Jesca Alupo, comes after an increase in Ugandan health workers were exposed to the virus by Congolese patients who had crossed the border prior to the outbreak being officially declared on 15 May.
