Neighbouring Uganda has confirmed three new Ebola cases, bringing the total number of infections to five, just 24 hours after the World Health Organization warned of a rapid spread of the deadly virus that has claimed hundreds of lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new cases in Uganda involve two Ugandans—a healthcare worker and a driver who had contact with the first confirmed patient—as well as a Congolese national who recently travelled into the country. The WHO has now revised its disease risk assessment amid growing fears of cross-border transmission.
