Uganda on Saturday confirmed three new Ebola infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to five.

The Ugandan Ministry of Health said the new cases include a Ugandan driver who transported the country’s first confirmed patient, a healthcare worker exposed while treating the same patient, and a woman from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Africa, Mohamed Yakub Janabi, warned against underestimating the Ebola outbreak, stressing that even a single case could spread the virus beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

Data released by Congolese health authorities showed 160 suspected Ebola-related deaths among 670 suspected infections, along with 61 confirmed cases. Uganda has also confirmed two infections linked to the outbreak.

Janabi emphasized that the current Bundibugyo strain is especially concerning because there is no approved vaccine available for prevention, urging stronger international cooperation to contain the outbreak.