Three people died and four others were injured after their vehicle collided with an elephant in Murchison Falls National Park, police said on Monday.

The Ugandan Police Force reported on X the accident late on Sunday night involved a minivan which was traveling from Arua to Kampala with seven officials working with the Uganda Revenue Authority.

The Ghetto Kids, a Ugandan dance troupe made up of street children, spoke of their excitement at being invited by Shakira to perform at the World Cup.

The volunteers are thought to have contracted the virus during a humanitarian mission in DR Congo in March and are believed to be “among the first known victims of the outbreak.”

At least three people have died after a vehicle collided with an elephant in a national park in Uganda, officials have said. Police said four other people were injured in the incident in Murchison Falls National Park in the northwest of the country on Sunday evening.

The head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday that a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda "will get worse before it gets better." More than 900 cases and more than 220 deaths have been reported in the DRC,

Las autoridades sanitarias de Uganda reportaron dos nuevos casos de ébola el lunes, lo que elevó a siete el número de infecciones. Todos los casos están vinculados al

Uganda said that flights to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo would be temporarily suspended, as the outbreak appeared to spread to a rebel-controlled province in Congo.

Thailand imposed on Tuesday a 21-day quarantine order for people travelling from or having transited through the Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda, where a deadly Ebola crisis is surging.