Thomas Nardi

And we know that in Uganda, three new cases were recorded on Saturday and bringing the total number of cases in that country to 5,000.

But the efforts to contain this spread has been hampered by lack of resources in terms of funding.

The Africa CDC is appealing for about $300 million to be able to contain the spread of the virus.

Yes, the DRC Transport Ministry issued a statement on Saturday suspending flights in Bonia, that is the capital of the Ituri province.

one of the epic centres of this particular outbreak.

And their reason is to prevent any cross-border spread of the epidemic and to guarantee the health and safety of passengers and airport staff.

So this particular suspension is indefinite, but they've indicated that when it comes to emergency medical and humanitarian assistance,

It will be assessed by case by case.

So it's quite rare for the government to take such an initiative or such a decision.

In previous outbreaks, it was the airlines that took the decisions themselves.

The U.S.

executive of the White House Task Force for the World Cup has been quoted as saying that the team will have to isolate for 21 days and they will not be allowed into the U.S.

if they fail to do so.

The Congolese team is currently in Belgium training.

They have their first game today.

against Portugal on 17th in Houston.

But it's important to stress that most of the professional footballers are based in Europe.

It's just a few of the officials that are coming from the DRC, and they are already in Belgium for the training ahead of the World Cup.

And so the officials are saying that there's no need for them to self-isolate.

But it looks like the U.S.