Uganda

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Uganda is a country in East Africa that experienced an Ebola outbreak in May 2026, linked to the Bundibugyo strain. The World Health Organization declared the situation a public health emergency on June 15, 2026. Russian specialists assisted in detecting the virus using Rosпотребнадзор test systems, and contact tracing efforts were underway with an 81.6% tracking rate.

Recent coverage

• Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has already killed under a thousand people — Фонтанка
• Twenty elementary school students die in accident in Uganda — Вечерняя Москва
• School bus overturns in Uganda; 20 children die — Вести
• 20 children die in school bus accident in Uganda — Коммерсантъ
• Ebola death toll in DRC exceeds 800 — РИАМО
• Uganda Discharges Last Ebola Patient — Ведомости
• WHO reports discharge of last Ebola patient in Uganda — Коммерсантъ
• Uganda's confirmed Ebola cases reach 15, says Ministry of Health — ТАСС (Telegram)
• Last Ebola patient in Uganda discharged from hospital — Вести
• Ebola outbreak death toll in DRC rises to 625 — РИАМО
• Isolated case of Marburg virus detected in Uganda — Ведомости
• Ugandan authorities shut down independent NTV channel — Коммерсантъ
• Rospotrebnadzor handed over 7,000 Ebola diagnostic test systems to African countries — Интерфакс