ABOVE: An Ebola treatment center in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province, where the latest outbreak began
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Health authorities in Uganda have approved the use of three experimental treatments against Ebola in the country. The decision comes in anticipation of spillover from an ongoing outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and after the deaths of two people in Uganda last week who had traveled across the border from DRC with the virus.
Reuters reports that the treatments, all of which are already being used DRC, will be shipped to Uganda so that health workers can respond to any further infections. So far, there have been no cases of Ebola spread between people within the country.
Uganda’s Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng, tweeted the news on Monday: “Happy to inform you all that we got clearance from both Uganda National Council for Science and Technology and National ...
