Amid sixth outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus, Ugandans bemoan lack of official communication and fears for the economy.

Amid a new Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, the World Health Organization has kicked off a vaccine trial. This is the first Ebola outbreak in the country since 2022, when cases emerged in the Mubende District. While both outbreaks involve the same virus species — Sudan Ebolavirus (SUDV) — genetic analysis confirms they’re not connected.

Health workers wearing protective gear at an Ebola treatment centre. Uganda confirmed nine Ebola cases on February 10, 2025, following an outbreak first announced on January 30, 2025. Uganda’s Ministry of Health has reported six new cases of Ebola as the country struggles to contain the new outbreak that was first announced on January 30.

Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Uganda has begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola following an outbreak that has killed one nurse in the east African country.

Uganda has begun trials of a new vaccine in response to a recent outbreak of Ebola in the capital Kampala. There have been 7 confirmed, including a nurse who died on January 29. This outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus could prove to be a challenge.

Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people are being monitored under quarantine, health authorities have said. The nine cases include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on January 30.