On October 20th, we shared that Kingsway, like the rest of Uganda, was affected by Ebola in recent months. Some areas were shut down but none near Kingsway. They have students from affected regions, though.
A few of the victims were school students, and officials worried that Ebola might spread through schools, so the Ugandan government decreed that all schools must end their fall semester two weeks early, on November 25. Milly was in the US at the time, but she and the other leaders of Kingsway made arrangements by phone to shut down the school.
On a hopeful note, the latest news about Ebola is that the last person who was infected with Ebola was discharged from the hospital on December 2 and health officials are hopeful that the epidemic has been contained. There were 141 people known to be infected and 55 of them died, about a 40% death rate overall. While the disease is very deadly, it is much more difficult to spread than Covid.
The government has not announced when schools will be allowed to start for their next semester, but we hope it will be by the end of January.