The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng (left) gestures during the launch of the Ebola vaccination exercise at Muhooti Barracks in Fort Portal City on August 30, 2022. (PHOTO: Daily Monitor).

The number of suspected Ebola infections continues to rise in Uganda.

The health ministry says there have been 34 suspected cases. It believes that 21 deaths were probably caused by the Ebola virus.

Health teams are continuing to trace any people that may have come into contact with it.

The outbreak began in the central district of Mubende but has now spread to two neighboring districts.

There are as yet no confirmed cases in the capital Kampala.

This is the fourth Ebola outbreak Uganda has faced.

Neighboring countries have said that they are on high alert.