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 and the , 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 with the virus. Nine deaths from Ebola have…



