Learners in Uganda are heading back home after the government closed schools two weeks earlier than originally scheduled in order to slow down an outbreak of Ebola in the country. The ministry of education ordered closure of schools after more than 20 confirmed Ebola cases were recorded among students. Parents …
Read More »Uganda: authorities deny link between Ebola spread and Kampala marathon
The health ministry in Uganda has denied in a press release, allegations that a running event held last weekend at the capital, Kampala, was an Ebola super-spreading event. In the statement, the ministry said no participant at the marathon presented any symptom of the deadly virus. “No Ebola case had …
Read More »Uganda: Ebola disease continues to wreak havoc
An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far, the country’s health minister said on Sunday. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly …
Read More »Uganda: residents angry at religious leaders and traditional healers
Several residents of Mukono District in central Uganda have accused religious leaders, traditional healers and witchdoctors of spreading wrong information about Ebola Virus Disease which has so far 135 people and killed 53 in the country, Dailymonitor reported. According to local leaders, religious leaders, witchdoctors and traditional healers in the …
Read More »Uganda: prison authorities suspend visits to detainees
Ugandan prison authorities announced the suspension of all visitations in their facilities due to the rising Ebola cases with the latest in Masaka District, Dailymonitor reported. In a press release on November 1, the prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine, issued standard operating procedures aimed at curbing the spread of the …
Read More »Merck to donate Ebola vaccine for research in Uganda
Merck & Co said on Tuesday it was planning to produce and donate investigational Sudan Ebola virus vaccine to a global non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda, which is facing an outbreak of the disease. The investigational vaccine that will be donated to IAVI is similar to Merck’s Ervebo vaccine, …
Read More »Uganda: Ebola continues to wreak havoc in the capital
Ugandan health authorities announced that nine more people have tested positive for the Ebola virus at the country’s national referral hospital, Mulago, in the capital Kampala. This brings the number of positive cases at the facility’s isolation unit to 14. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said the positive cases …
Read More »Uganda: lockdown and curfew as Ebola cases increase
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declared three-week lockdown in two high-risk districts as the country battles a rise in Ebola infections. “Given the gravity of the problem and to prevent further spread and protect lives and livelihoods, the government is taking extra measures that require action from all of us,” President Museveni …
Read More »Ebola virus in Uganda has mutated – researchers
The Ebola virus circulating in Uganda has mutated, according to Prof Pontiano Kaleebu of the Uganda Virus Research Institute. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu says there is however no evidence that it is any more transmissible than the original strain. They analysed samples from the first known case to be tested during …
Read More »Uganda: health authorities confirm six new Ebola cases
Uganda’s health ministry reported six new Ebola cases after officials confirmed an outbreak in the country earlier in the week in the central district of Mubende. The authorities are also investigating whether seven other deaths, including that of a one-year-old girl, were due to Ebola. Of the six new cases, …
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