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 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.”

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.

An elephant grazes in Amboseli National Park in Kajiado, Kenya, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.

Ebola may have killed more than 200 people so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo and African officials warned the outbreak is turning into a regional security threat as it spills over to neighboring countries.

Meanwhile, an American doctor who was flown to Germany for treatment after contracting the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is "critically ill," his missionary group says.