According to the latest reports, around 80 people are estimated to have died in the outbreak and hundreds more are suspected to be infected.
There is no vaccine and no specific treatment for the Bundibugyo variant. This variant has a very high mortality rate, up to 50 percent, Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said on Saturday.
The risk of infection is increasing due to population movements linked to the mining industry, and also due to poor security in some areas and a lack of contact tracing, the African Union's public health body recently warned.
The Ebola virus is a rare but often fatal hemorrhagic fever that is spread through bodily fluids.
