The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency due to the rapid spread of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Sunday’s announcement came a day after the African Union’s public health agency said it had confirmed Ebola infections in the DRC, where over a hundred deaths have been reported. Cases have since been confirmed in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, where residents fear a repeat of deadly outbreaks in 2022 and last year.

Naome Kayondo: “I would like the government to, one, quickly spread awareness about Ebola and how it is spread, to break down this information even for the layest of people to understand, but also start to institute measures to avoid the spread of Ebola in Kampala and Uganda as a whole, so that there is a feeling of safeness, of security against this disease of Ebola.”