CDC Monitoring Ebola Developments in Congo and Uganda

Officials said the agency is deploying expertise through local offices as African officials report dozens of deaths from suspected infections.

A Congolese health worker prepares to administer the Ebola vaccine outside the house of a victim who died from Ebola in the village of Mangina in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Aug. 18, 2018. Reuters/Olivia Acland/File Photo

U.S. health authorities will continue to closely monitor an outbreak of the Ebola virus in two African countries, officials said Friday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it is providing technical aid to the governments of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province as it tracks reports of the deadly virus. Africa’s leading public health body reported a confirmed outbreak in Ituri with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths.