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- Uganda’s Ebola task force, led by Vice President Jesca Alupo, ordered the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to close.
- The four-week closure permits only emergency, humanitarian, security and cargo traffic.
- Uganda reported seven Ebola cases and one death, all from the Bundibugyo strain with no approved vaccine.
- WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus warned the closure could drive travelers to unmonitored crossings and urged a ceasefire in eastern DRC.
