The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an immediate lockdown and imposition of a dusk-till-dawn curfew for three weeks in two districts in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola.
Places of worship, markets, bars and entertainment in Mubende and Kassanda districts will be shut, with restrictions on movement in and out for 21 days.
Museveni in a televised address said; “I now direct as follows: movements now into and out of Mubende and Kassanda districts are now prohibited.”
“If you are in Mubende and Kassanda districts, stay there for 21 days,” he added.
The Health Ministry, on Saturday, said there have been 19 deaths and 58 confirmed cases of the often-fatal viral haemorrhagic fever since the outbreak was first reported on September 20.
According to Uganda authorities the outbreak is concentrated in the two affected districts and has not reached Kampala, the capital of 1.5 million, despite a husband and wife testing positive there.