Uganda is also on high alert. Healthcare workers in the western districts bordering the DRC are monitoring everyone coming into the country. However, no travel restrictions have been imposed yet. CGTN's Isabel Nakirya reports.

Ugandan authorities say they are taking all necessary precautions to avoid the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

The health ministry says screening centers have been established at the country's border districts with DR Congo and at the International Airport.

SARAH OPENDI - DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER, UGANDA "As a Ministry of Health, we have already taken up the issue, we have the district task force teams at the border districts and they have been reactivated. We have reached out to them to ensure that there is adequate surveillance and ensuring that all the people that come in are screened at some point."

The public has been urged to report any suspicious cases to health workers for immediate attention and avoid close contact.

Isolation centers have also been established at the main referral hospital, in Kampala and Bundibugyo in western Uganda.

SARAH OPENDI - DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER, UGANDA "We have also asked the health workers to be on the lookout for patients that go to the facilities. They should ensure that there is adequate protection for themselves and most importantly if somebody comes up with signs, they should ensure that samples are sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute so that confirmatory tests can be done.."

PTC ISABEL NAKIRYA, KAMPALA, UGANDA The DRC health Ministry has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in the small town of Bikoro, on the shores of Lake Tumba in North West of the Country. At least 17 people are reported to have died in that region so far. Two cases have been confirmed of Ebola. The last outbreak in the DRC took place in May 2017 killing four people. The Ebola virus is highly contagious and often fatal, causing a range of symptoms including fever, vomiting, diarrhea, generalized pain and in many cases internal and external bleeding.