Uganda Reports Three Additional Ebola Cases, Total Reaches Five

Ugandan health authorities announced Saturday that three additional individuals have tested positive for Ebola, raising the nation’s confirmed case total to five.

According to a Health Ministry statement, the newly confirmed patients include a Ugandan driver who had transported the country’s initial confirmed case and a healthcare worker who became exposed to the virus while providing care to that same patient.

The third newly confirmed case involves a Congolese woman, the ministry reported.