Uganda: Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak 2026 - DREF Operation (MDRUG058)

Country: Uganda Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Please refer to the attached file. Description of the Event Date of event 15-05-2026 What happened, where and when? On the 15th of May 2026, the Ministry of Health in Uganda confirmed a Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease (BEVD) outbreak in Uganda. The index case was of a 59-year-old Congolese male who was admitted at Kibuli Muslim Hospital in the capital Kampala on the 11th of May 2026, who had presented with signs and symptoms of respiratory distress, episodes of fever, epigastric pain, nausea, fever and had challenges of passing urine. While in admission, he deteriorated, developed bleeding symptoms, and died on the 14th of May 2026 while under Intensive Care Unit management, and the body of the deceased is reported to have been repatriated back to DRC same day. A sample from the patient was tested on 15th of May 2026 after his death and came out positive for Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease. Currently, the National Ministry of Health- Uganda has deployed screening and rapid response teams at both official and informal points of entry on the Western border with DRC, activated response at the national and subnational levels, deployed a mobile laboratory in Bwera Hospital (in Kasese District) and is working on isolation, infection prevention and control measures and enhancement of risk communication targeting the affected regions. So far, one high risk contact, a close relative of the deceased has been isolated, and the government is set to quarantine all the contacts who came into contact with the index case.

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