East Africa, Uganda says it will start to vaccinate some of its health workers against Ebola on Monday, amidst fears that the viral hemorrhagic fever could spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo which is battling an outbreak.
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said authorities would administer about two thousand, one hundred vaccinations covering frontline health personnel working in districts near the border.
She said tens of thousands cross the border in both directions weekly for trade and family visits and other purposes.
Uganda has suffered regular outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg over the years, both high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Parts of Uganda’s western border are about one hundred kilometers from sites of an Ebola outbreak taking place in Congo.