Ebola cases rose to 7 cases

Health authorities in Uganda announced on Monday that two new cases of Ebola infection had been recorded, bringing the total number of infections to seven.

All cases are linked to the outbreak in neighboring Congo, which appears to have begun several days or weeks before the Congolese authorities announced it on May 15.

A 59-year-old Congolese man was admitted to a hospital in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on May 11 and died three days later before it was discovered that he was suffering from Ebola. Two Congolese citizens who received medical care in Uganda tested positive for the Ebola virus.

On Saturday, Ugandan health authorities confirmed the first local cases of infection, a driver and a health sector employee who had come into contact with the Congolese patient who died on May 11.

The Ministry of Health said on Monday that tests also showed that two other health workers at a private hospital in Kampala were infected with the virus.

In Congo, cases of Ebola infection have exceeded 900, especially in the Ituri region in the east of the country, where the current outbreak is located, the authorities announced yesterday, Sunday.