Ministry of Education and Sports Order Early Closure of Schools this Month Due to Ebola Outbreak in the country.

While addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Center on Tuesday, the state minister for primary education, Joyce Moriku Kaducu has disclosed that 11 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in schools and over 170 contacts traced and now schools are going to have to close up earlier than expected.

Minister for Education and sports Janet Museveni has ordered an early closure of schools this month (from pre-primary to secondary) due to the Ebola outbreak in the country.

The minister stressed that the early closure of schools is meant to de-congest schools as more cases of Ebola are rapidly being reported in schools.

All schools have been directed to schools to conduct exams as soon as next week to ensure that they are done by November 25.

According to reports, the proposal to close schools early was generated ministry of health ad was approved Cabinet yesterday

The latest statistics from ministry of Health show that Ebola cases have been confirmed in Five schools in Kampala, Wakiso and Mubende.

So far, a total of 23 cases have been confirmed among children of which; 8 died while 5 had fully recovered and 16 were under isolation by 4’h November, 2022