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We always recommend following your country’s official advice regarding this issue. The following information is provided as a guide to inform travellers.
Uganda is currently clear of the current (2014) outbreak of the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus in West Africa. No cases of this strain were recorded in Uganda at all during this outbreak.
In the far north of the Uganda during 2011 (1 recorded case) and in 2012 (31 recorded cases) there were outbreaks of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus. These were successfully contained and Uganda is currently clear of Ebola and at low immediate risk.
Source – WHO Ebola Virus Disease factsheet no.103
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