Congo identifies Ebola case at border of Uganda

By Robert King

Published September 21, 2018 5:46pm ET

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Congo identifies Ebola case at border of Uganda — In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, health workers walk with a boy suspected of having the Ebola virus at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases. | (Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP)

The Ebola outbreak in Congo may be spreading, as local health officials found a case of the deadly virus at the border of Uganda, which until now had not been affected by the outbreak ravaging Congo.

The Democratic Republic of Congo reported on Friday that the newest infection is nearly 125 miles away from the nearest known case in the Congo, according to a Reuters report.

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