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Uganda confirms 2 new Ebola cases, DRC infections hit 900

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · · 436 words · By Natalie Muller
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Uganda confirms 2 new Ebola cases, DRC infections hit 900 May 25, 2026Uganda's Health Ministry has reported two new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the East African country to seven.

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What happened

Uganda confirms 2 new Ebola cases, DRC infections hit 900 May 25, 2026Uganda's Health Ministry has reported two new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the East African country to seven.

Why it matters

The two new cases are health workers at a private facility in the capital, Kampala, the ministry said in a statement.

Common ground

"Both patients have been admitted to the designated treatment unit and are now receiving care," it said, adding that teams were now tracing anyone who had contact with the two individuals.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ebola is a deadly virus that can spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of an infected person.”
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Claim 2: “Uganda's first cases involved two Congolese citizens who crossed the border”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the first cases in Uganda involved Congolese citizens crossing the border.
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web search NEUTRAL — How did the virus spread in Uganda? Uganda's first cases involved two Congolese citizens who crossed the border, prompting the country to suspend public transport to and from its neighbor last week.
https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-confirms-2-new-ebola-cases-drc-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Uganda records two new Ebola infections linked to Congo outbreak as authorities tighten measures to curb the spread.
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/uganda-confirms-new-ebol…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Health has confirmed an imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in Uganda. The Ministry's Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine said, in a statement released on Friday, that ...
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/uganda-confir…
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Claim 3: “Uganda's Health Ministry has reported two new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the East African country to seven.”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Uganda's Health Ministry reported two new cases, bringing the total to seven.
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web search NEUTRAL — Uganda has confirmed two new Ebola cases, bringing the total number of infections linked to the latest outbreak to seven.
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/africa/2026-05-25-uganda-rec…
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web search NEUTRAL — Uganda's Health Ministry has reported two new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the East African country to seven. The two new cases are health workers at a private facility i…
https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-confirms-2-new-ebola-cases-drc-…
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web search NEUTRAL — KAMPALA – Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to seven.In Congo, suspected Ebola cases have topped 900, mainly in eastern Ituri provinc…
https://www.wsls.com/health/2026/05/25/ugandan-health-offici…
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Claim 4: “The majority of cases are concentrated in the country's eastern Ituri province, as well as in North Kivu and South Kivu.”
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The provided evidence gives general facts about Ebola and the WHO, but does not specifically confirm the concentration of cases in Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu for this specific outbreak.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. [2] …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn about Ebola disease, where it occurs, how it spreads, and how to protect yourself.
https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/about/index.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2025 · Key facts Ebola disease is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. Three different viruses are known to cause large Ebola disease outbreaks: Ebola virus, Sudan virus and Bundibugyo vir…
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ebola-disea…
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Claim 5: “It can cause severe bleeding, vomiting and organ failure.”
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Claim 6: “More than 200 people are believed to have died.”
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The provided evidence discusses various Ebola outbreaks (2003, 2014, etc.) but does not provide a specific death toll of 'more than 200' linked to the current outbreak mentioned in the claims.
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2003, an outbreak in the DRC infected 143 and killed 128, a 90% death rate, the highest of a genus Ebolavirus outbreak to date.[168]. In 2004, a Russian scientist died from Ebola after sticking her…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 200 people had been infected, and more than 80 had died before the disease was identified as a rare strain of Ebola, the viral hemorrhagic fever that sparked a global outbreak in 2014. There…
https://www.wvtf.org/2026-05-18/this-ebola-outbreak-raises-q…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ebola has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half-century. On Friday, the WHO raised the risk from Ebola in the DRC to its highest level—"very high." It said the risk in central Afri…
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-ebola-toll-tops-afric…
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Claim 7: “The cases in Uganda are linked to an outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the UN health agency says more than 900 cases have been recorded.”
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No specific evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the link to the DRC outbreak or the specific count of 900 cases for this specific event.
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Claim 8: “The two new cases are health workers at a private facility in the capital, Kampala”
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Multiple sources confirm the two new cases are health workers at a private facility in Kampala.
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web search NEUTRAL — Uganda's Health Ministry has reported two new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the East African country to seven. The two new cases are health workers at a private facility i…
https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-confirms-2-new-ebola-cases-drc-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Uganda's health ministry said the latest patients are health workers employed at a private health facility in Kampala.Uganda has confirmed two new Ebola cases, bringing the total number of infections …
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/africa/2026-05-25-uganda-rec…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Ugandan Ministry of Health has officially confirmed two new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the capital city, Kampala. According to an official press statement released today, May 25, 2026, …
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/uganda-confir…
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Claim 9: “The virus has killed more than 15,000 people across Africa in the past 50 years.”
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Claim 10: “prompting the country to suspend public transport to and from its neighbor last week.”
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The claim is mentioned in one of the web search results for claim 8, but no independent corroboration was found in the other search results or dedicated evidence for claim 9.
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Claim 11: “The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.”
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Claim 12: “for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments.”
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Five independent cross-references (Al Jazeera, NBC Washington, France24, The Hindu) all confirm that there are no approved vaccines or treatments for the Bundibugyo strain.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — No vaccine or treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/19/who-to-hold-emergen…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The new strain of the virus currently has no approved vaccine or treatment
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/22/who-raises-ebola-pu…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — this rare strain of the disease, the Bundibugyo virus, has no approved vaccine or treatment.
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Claim 13: “Three more infections were confirmed on Saturday — a Ugandan driver, a health worker and a woman from Congo.”
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Claim 14: “Congo declared an outbreak on May 15 caused by the Bundibugyo strain”
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The provided evidence for claim 4 contains general information about the DRC's geography and crisis but does not mention a May 15 declaration of a Bundibugyo strain outbreak.
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web search NEUTRAL — The DRC is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean to the west; the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, Bu…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic_of_the_c…
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web search NEUTRAL — 13 hours ago · Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), country located in Central Africa. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the A…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Democratic-Republic-of-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 26, 2026 · For decades, one of the world’s deadliest and most complex humanitarian crises has been unfolding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here’s what you need to know in 2026.
https://www.concern.net/news/democratic-republic-congo-crisi…
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Claim 15: “Tedros said he would travel to DRC on Tuesday.”
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The evidence mentions Tedros's role and a general visit to DRC, but does not confirm a specific plan to travel 'on Tuesday' in the context of this outbreak.
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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, May 11th the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) welcomed Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiIZMvbaLtA
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web search NEUTRAL — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), informs to the media about of update on WHO Ebola operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during …
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/14/who-chief-v…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general of the World Health Organization since 2017. He is the first African to become WHO Dir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom_Ghebreyesus
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