EBOLA: Officials Intensify Screening, Surveillance Along DRC Border Districts

EBOLA: Officials intensify screening, surveillance along DRC border districts

Health Personnel who managed COVID-19 at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital. They have been prepared and equipped to manage Ebola cases Hoima, Uganda | URN | Heightened Ebola screening, surveillance, and control measures have been intensified along the Uganda–DR Congo border districts following confirmed cases in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Ebola screening centres have been reactivated in the districts of Hoima, Buli…

East Africa tightens borders as Ebola outbreak spreads beyond DRC

Regional governments are tightening border controls and surveillance as the Ebola outbreak...

Uganda: Border Checks Tightens As Ebola Death Toll Rises In DR Congo

By Ebi Kesiena Uganda has stepped up Ebola surveillance measures at its border entry points following the worsening outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus has reportedly claimed more than 90 lives. Health officials have deployed emergency response teams to border communities near Bundibugyo District in western Uganda, carrying out temperature screenings on travelers and enforcing compulsory handwashing as part of e…