Ebola outbreak declared in Uganda
An outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease has been declared in Uganda, the country’s health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The ministry said on Twitter that there had been a confirmed Ebola case in the central Mubende district, a 24-year-old man who showed symptoms and later died. The WHO’s Africa office […]
Ebola in DR Congo: Case confirmed in Goma
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, home to more than a million people. The health ministry confirmed that a pastor tested positive for the virus in a centre in Goma after arriving there by bus on Sunday. The ministry says that risk of […]
FALSE ALARM: Suspected Ebola patient tests negative
The Ministry of Health has now confirmed that the suspected case of Ebola, reported in Kericho Sunday night, was a false alarm. Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki told newsrooms late Monday evening that samples from the patient tested negative for Ebola. “The result of the tests carried out by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) […]
Woman hospitalized in Kericho over Ebola scare
A woman with ebola-like symptoms has been hospitalized at Kericho Referral Hospital.
New Ebola Cases in Uganda Raise Fears of Spread Beyond Congo
 Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola on Wednesday a grandmother and a three-year-old boy confirming that a deadly outbreak has spread for the first time beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ugandan cases show the epidemic is entering a “truly frightening” phase and could kill many more people, one infectious disease specialist told […]