Outbreak of Ebola spreading in Uganda
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July 31, 2012, Tuesday
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SIX more patients suspected to have Ebola have been taken to hospital days after investigators confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious disease in a remote corner of western Uganda, a health official said yesterday.
Stephen Byaruhanga, health secretary of the affected Kibaale District, said possible cases of Ebola, at first concentrated in a single village, are now being reported in more villages. "It's no longer just one village. There are many villages affected."
In a national address yesterday, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni advised against unnecessary contact among people, saying suspected cases of Ebola should be reported immediately.
Officials from Uganda's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization announced last Saturday that the deadly Ebola virus killed 14 Ugandans this month, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange illness that had some people fleeing their homes in the absence of reliable answers.
If the six new cases are confirmed as Ebola, it would bring to 26 the number of Ugandans infected with it.
This is the fourth occurrence of Ebola in Uganda since 2000, when the disease killed 224 people and left hundreds more traumatized in northern Uganda. At least 42 people died in another outbreak in 2007, and there was a lone Ebola case in 2011.
Stephen Byaruhanga, health secretary of the affected Kibaale District, said possible cases of Ebola, at first concentrated in a single village, are now being reported in more villages. "It's no longer just one village. There are many villages affected."
In a national address yesterday, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni advised against unnecessary contact among people, saying suspected cases of Ebola should be reported immediately.
Officials from Uganda's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization announced last Saturday that the deadly Ebola virus killed 14 Ugandans this month, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange illness that had some people fleeing their homes in the absence of reliable answers.
If the six new cases are confirmed as Ebola, it would bring to 26 the number of Ugandans infected with it.
This is the fourth occurrence of Ebola in Uganda since 2000, when the disease killed 224 people and left hundreds more traumatized in northern Uganda. At least 42 people died in another outbreak in 2007, and there was a lone Ebola case in 2011.
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