Uganda: Wildlife Official Says Rwenzori Region Safe from Ebola

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | December 13th, 2007 | Trackback

Some 116 people have caught the deadly Ebola virus in western Uganda’s Bundibugyo district, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 30 have died. Wildlife officials in the popular Rwenzori region were quick to assure visitors that national parks and tourist areas are outside the danger zones, and tourist facilities in the parks are clean and use good sanitary practices. The mood in Kampala, however, is edgy because one doctor who had been treating Ebola victims in Bundibugyo returned to Kampala, came down with the disease there and died. His case is the only one to occur outside the border areas with the DRC.

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