A Congolese man has died after three days in hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. A posthumous test revealed he had the disease, according to Uganda's Ministry of Health.
Around 250 people are suspected of being infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the African Union's public health agency reports. Several deaths have been confirmed in Ituri province.
The risk of infection is increasing due to population movements linked to the mining industry, poor security in some areas and lack of contact tracing, the agency said.
The Ebola virus is a rare but often fatal hemorrhagic fever spread through bodily fluids.
