The Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports has officially ordered schools across the country to end the school year early in order to prevent the further spread of Ebola among the nations schoolchildren.

• NPR – The growing outbreak has prompted Uganda’s minister of education and first lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, to shorten the third and final school term for the year by two weeks, now officially ending on Nov. 25.

• AL- JAZEERA – Schools across Uganda will close two weeks before the scheduled end of term after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died.

• UC HEALTH – An expanding Ebola outbreak in Uganda has prompted U.S. officials to be on guard against the deadly virus and to screen some people arriving from Africa.

• ABC NEWS – – As of Monday, the country had recorded a total of 135 confirmed cases and 53 deaths, according to the Health Ministry.

The school term has been shortened by two weeks. The measure has been put in place to control the spread of the Ebola virus disease. pic.twitter.com/V1bztDkLvy

— Government of Uganda (@GovUganda) November 9, 2022

Development and Implementing partners convened today for #EbolaOutbreakUG Accountability Forum with the @MinofHealthUG leadership. This is aimed at tracking resources received and spent in managing the ongoing outbreak. The meeting was officiated by Rt. Hon. Rukia Nakadama. pic.twitter.com/ywhvqIyjso

— Ministry of Health- Uganda (@MinofHealthUG) November 10, 2022