Uganda lifts lockdown in Ebola epicentre

Uganda on Saturday lifted a two-month lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of the country’s Ebola epidemic.

Since authorities declared an Ebola outbreak on September 20, the East African nation has registered 142 confirmed cases and 56 deaths, with the disease spreading to the capital Kampala. The two central districts at the heart of the outbreak were placed under lockdown by President Yoweri Museveni on October 15.

But on Saturday, Vice President Jessica Alupo said the government was “lifting all restrictions and curfew in Mubende and Kassanda districts with immediate effect”.