Regional concern over the Ebola outbreak intensified Saturday as Uganda confirmed three new cases, while neighboring countries stepped up monitoring measures amid fears of cross-border spread.

Congo suspended flights to the eastern city of Bunia and regional health ministers warned of escalating cross-border risks from Ebola as the outbreak spread across three provinces and overwhelmed contact-tracing efforts.

Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus,

Ebola is spreading faster than responders can track it in eastern Congo, where health workers managed to follow up with barely one in five identified contacts in a single day.

Suspected cases in Central Africa are now well into the hundreds as officials worry the outbreak will continue to grow.

The deadly outbreak of an Ebola strain with no vaccine is spreading rapidly and poses a 'very high risk' to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a growing risk of it spilling across borders,

WHO warns the Ebola outbreak in Congo now poses a "very high" national risk, with 82 confirmed cases and 7 deaths, prompting tighter controls and urgent international support.

World health officials now believe Ebola has killed at least 177 people in the Congo, though only 7 deaths have been confirmed.