The Ugandan government on Monday confirmed two more cases of Ebola Virus Disease.
The latest development brought the total number of cases reported in the East African country to seven.
The country’s health ministry said in a statement on Monday that the two new cases are health workers in a private health facility in the capital Kampala and both are Ugandans.
“Both patients have been admitted to the designated treatment unit and are now receiving care,” the ministry said, adding that response teams were tracing all those who had been in contact with the two people.
Ugandan authorities confirmed three new Ebola cases on Saturday.
The epicentre of the outbreak is in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, which borders Uganda.
The World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.
The WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Sunday announced that there had been more than 900 suspected cases in the outbreak so far, including 101 confirmed cases.
