East African Community health ministers concluded a two-day meeting in Arusha,
Tanzania, to coordinate regional measures against the Bundibugyo strain of
Ebola. The EAC said it is mobilizing regional mechanisms and working with members
states, Africa CDC, WHO and development partners to strengthen surveillance,
laboratory diagnostics, infection prevention and control, risk communication and
rapid-response capacity. Uganda reported six new confirmed cases, bringing the
The current outbreak totals to 15 confirmed cases with one death and two recoveries.
