A three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni had earlier said such measures as lockdowns were very unnecessary.
Museveni had ruled out lockdowns, saying Ebola was not an airborne virus so did not require the same measures as Covid-19.
Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in Mubende and neighbouring Kassanda, and a curfew will come into force.
The Ebola death toll is at 19, with 58 recorded cases.
“These are temporary measures to control the spread of Ebola,” Museveni said in a televised address.
The president had already ordered police to arrest anyone suspected of having the virus who refused to isolate.
The outbreak began in early September in Mubende, around 50 km from the country’s capital Kampala.
The restrictions have been declared in Mubende and the neighboring areas at it is currently the epicenter.
On Saturday October 15, The Uganda president halted all movement in and out of Mubende and Kassanda districts for 21 days.
This latest outbreak is of the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine.
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