Ebola: what are the symptoms and how does it spread?

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Crowds on the streets of Kampala Uganda on 26 May 2026, during the Ebola outbreak

Ebola has been in the news since the World Health Organization's declaration of a public health emergency of international concern on 17 May 2026, for an outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. This blog post outlines what the disease is, how it spreads, and what it means for the UK.