Ebola: Uganda struggles to contain outbreak of Sudan variant with no approved vaccine
More than 50 cases have been identified so far in an outbreak linked to the Sudan variant of Ebola virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine
Health
30 September 2022
, updated 4 October 2022
Medical workers disinfect beds at an Ebola treatment centre in Mubende, Uganda Xinhua/Shutterstock
There are growing fears that the latest outbreak of Ebola in Uganda could spread to neighbouring countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Unlike the 2014 West African outbreak of Ebola and the 2018 outbreak in the DRC, this epidemic has been caused by the Sudan variant of the virus, which currently has no effective treatment or vaccine.
As of 2 October, Uganda’s Ministry of Health said 43 people were known to have been infected …