East African Community health ministers meet over Ebola

A two-day virtual meeting of East African Community health ministers is underway as the region steps up efforts to contain the spread of Ebola.

The outbreak, centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo and linked to cases in Uganda, has infected hundreds of people and is believed to have claimed more than 250 lives.

The current Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or specific treatment.

SABC News Correspondent Isaac Lukando has more.

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