Uganda tightens Ebola checks at DRC border crossings

Uganda has stepped up screening measures at its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid an Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring country. Health workers at the Busanga crossing are checking temperatures and sanitising everyone entering Uganda. Authorities say additional precautions are in place at formal border points along the 800-kilometre frontier, though concerns remain over informal crossings. Schools and churches have been given guidance on reducing transmission risk, and Uganda plans to send health experts to the affected DRC region.

Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from Busoga, Uganda.

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