Ebola cases slow in Uganda ahead of December holiday festivities
People disinfecting shoes in Mubende, Uganda on October 27, 2022 following the Ebola outbreak. There has been a drop in new infections for the first time in 10 days. PHOTO | BADRU KATUMBA | AFP
The next three weeks are crucial in Uganda’s containment of Ebola following a drop in new infections for the first time in 10 days.
If the trend persists, the country could enjoy “freer” Christmas holidays after nearly two-months of partial restrictions on movements from Mubende and Kassanda districts in central Uganda, the epicentre of the outbreak reported in September.
