The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has urged Uganda to reconsider its decision to close its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo over the ongoing Ebola outbreak. Tedros made this appeal during a visit to an Ebola isolation unit at a hospital in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.
He praised Uganda’s response to the outbreak as prompt and effective.
The WHO has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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The epicenter of the outbreak is in Ituri Province, eastern Congo, where the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reports 515 of the 544 confirmed cases have been recorded.
Uganda has reported 19 confirmed Ebola cases, most of which involved individuals who entered the country from Congo.
