Dr Matechechero also said healthcare providers will undergo sensitization on Ebola so as to handle suspected cases and people around border points will be subjected to the same so as "to know how to behave to prevent accelerating chances of the disease."
There have been seven previous outbreaks of Sudan Ebolavirus, four in Uganda the last one in 2012 and three in Sudan.
Uganda also reported an outbreak of Zaire Ebola strain in 2019 and with the current outbreak WHO is helping Uganda scale up investigation on the disease with dispatch of supplies to support the care of patients and is sending a tent that will be used to isolate patients.
There are six different Ebola species, three of which (Bundibugyo, Sudan and Zaire) have previously caused large outbreaks.
As for vaccines, WHO in a statement said a vaccine "produced by Johnson and Johnson may be effective but has yet to be specifically tested against Ebola Sudan."