Four Ebola patients have been discharged in Uganda after full recovery though the East African country recorded one more Ebola-related death and three new infections, Uganda’s Ministry of Health has disclosed.
In a statement issued Tuesday, the ministry said Uganda has reported 19 cumulative cases.
The latest fatality of a Congolese national, however, raises the death toll to two, the ministry said, adding the three newly confirmed cases, contacts of previous Ebola patients, have been under institutional quarantine for several days at the time of diagnosis.
“Four patients and 270 contacts have successfully recovered and been discharged,” the ministry of Health said in its latest update.
According to the ministry, the three new cases were not unexpected, as they emerged from a group of contacts who had already been identified and placed under quarantine following exposure to confirmed patients.
The ministry said the detection of infections among known contacts rather than through unexplained community transmission suggests that surveillance and contact-tracing systems are effectively identifying people at risk.
Uganda’s health ministry permanent secretary Diana Atwine has warned that misinformation and false beliefs about Ebola are emerging as one of the biggest threats to Uganda’s efforts to contain the ongoing outbreak,
Atwine said misconceptions that Ebola is a scam or the result of witchcraft are reducing public risk perception and encouraging behaviors that could accelerate transmission.
Speaking after a meeting with World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and development partners in Kampala on June 9, 2026, to review the country’s Ebola response, Atwine said tackling misinformation must be central to outbreak control efforts.
As part of efforts to strengthen public awareness and counter misinformation, Permanent Secretary Diana Atwine, on June 5, met officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo Consulate and representatives of the Congolese community living in Uganda
The meeting aimed at providing an update on the Ebola situation and mobilizing community leaders to support government efforts in combating myths and misconceptions surrounding the disease.
The Ministry of Health said community engagement remains critical in encouraging early reporting of symptoms, supporting contact tracing and reducing stigma against affected individuals.
Meanwhile, the outbreak has attracted international attention, prompting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to introduce new precautionary measures affecting travelers from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan
Under the measures, all new visas for nationals of the three countries have been suspended, while additional entry restrictions will apply to travelers arriving from the affected nations.
The UAE said the decision forms part of its preparedness strategy against potential Ebola outbreaks and will take effect on June 6.
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