KAMPALA, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's ministry of health on Sunday said there is no confirmed case of Ebola in the country although a case was registered on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border.
The ministry in a statement said it has received information from the World Health Organization that a case was registered at Kasenyi village on the shores of Lake Albert, which is shared with Uganda.
"The ministry of health would like to inform the general public that there is no confirmed case of Ebola in Uganda," the statement said.
The ministry warned that there is a high risk of the disease spreading to Uganda since there are population movements on the Lake to Uganda.
The statement said the ministry is working with partners to support districts neighboring DRC to heighten preparedness and readiness to handle any Ebola case that may come into the country.
The ministry said there is ongoing screening of people crossing from DRC for signs and symptoms of Ebola.
The Ebola virus is highly contagious and causes a range of symptoms including fever, vomiting, diarrhea, generalized pain or malaise and in many cases internal and external bleeding.
Mortality rates of Ebola fever, according to WHO, are extremely high, with the human case-fatality rate ranging from 50 percent to 89 percent, depending on viral sub-type.
