A viral video making the rounds on social media purporting to show an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Uganda has been taken out of context, Kenyans.co.ke has found. A collage of screengrabs showing the fake video claiming a Nipah virus outbreak in Uganda (left) and the original June 2019 video of Health Minister Ruth Aceng confirming a polio outbreak (right). Photo kenyans.co.ke“The Ministry of Health informs the public, partners and the international community that a video circulating on social media alleging an outbreak of Nipah virus in Uganda is false,” the statement stated. “Uganda has not registered any case of the Nipah virus. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nipah virus infection is a severe but rare zoonotic disease transmitted from animals, especially fruit bats, to humans through contact.

Source: Daily Nation February 04, 2026 07:15 UTC