Congo, Uganda report 263 Ebola cases, 43 deaths: Africa CDC

As of May 30, 263 confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya said, reports Reuters.
More than 1,100 suspected cases are being investigated and 43 people are confirmed to have died as a ?result of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, Kaseya said in an FT op-ed published on Sunday.
AFP adds, An Ebola quarantine center for US nationals will open Friday in Kenya, US officials said, defending Washington's criticized decision not to repatriate Americans infected with the virus.
The US-built facility, located at the East African country's Laikipia Air Base, is intended to "quarantine American citizens who may have been exposed to the Bundibugyo variant of the Ebola virus," a US official speaking on condition of anonymity told reporters Thursday.