Health officials in Uganda announced Monday that two additional people have tested positive for Ebola, raising the nation’s confirmed case count to seven.
The latest patients are both healthcare workers employed at a private medical facility in the capital city, and both are Ugandan nationals, according to a statement from the health ministry.
“Both patients have been admitted to the designated treatment unit and are now receiving care,” the ministry said, adding that response teams were tracing all those who had been in contact with the two people.
On Saturday, Ugandan health authorities had announced three additional Ebola cases.
The source of the outbreak is located in the Ituri province of the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, which shares a border with Uganda.
Health officials with the World Health Organization have classified the outbreak of the uncommon Bundibugyo strain of Ebola as a public health emergency of international concern.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported Sunday that the outbreak has generated more than 900 suspected cases to date, with 101 of those being confirmed infections.
