Ethiopia, June 21 -- Health minister, Dr Jane Aceng, yesterday said Uganda will receive therapeutic treatment for Ebola virus with support from World Health Organisation.

She, however, warned that the treatment is still under trial and should be expected in the country two weeks from now after they were cleared by National Council of Science and Technology and National Drugs Authority.

Trial drug

"It is still a trial drug. We can only administer it in a research. Uganda is ready to go. Our threat of Ebola has not reduced. We shall maintain ourselves in a response mode because the borders are still open and Ebola in DR Congo is not going down and the affected areas are near us," Dr Aceng said yesterday.

Prof Pontiano Kaleebu, the direc...