Uganda closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a surge in Ebola cases of a rare variant.

The decision to close the border was made by an Ebola task force led by Ugandan Vice President Jessica Alupo. The flow of people between Uganda and the DRC has spread the rare Bundibugyo Ebolavirus strain to the former, leading to the first confirmed Ebola death in the country’s capital, Kampala, on May 14.

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