"Current prevention, treatment and care efforts are too episodic, AD hoc, and lack the intensity, pace and rhythm needed to make an impact," said Kim.

Once the miner's symptoms were noted, local carers put him in a makeshift isolation ward and the Ugandan ministry of health sent in its rapid-response team.

The plans also delineate evacuation routes, reception centers for those seeking radiological monitoring and location of congregate care centers for temporary lodging.