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  • Ebola kills 54 people in two months - WHO report

    Monday, November 14, 2022

    ​​​​​​The Ebola Virus Disease has claimed at least 54 lives in the first 55 days since its outbreak on September 20, the latest situation report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has shown.
    Mubende District, which registered the index case, has since lost 29 people out of the 54 registered deaths.
    The report update as of November 10 also indicates that the disease, which has been confirmed in eight districts, has 137 cumulative confirmed cases while the recoveries stand at 65...https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/new...​​​​
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    • Ebola death 240 miles from Uganda’s epicenter raises fears of spreading

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      The Bharat Express News
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      November 14, 2022A man has died of Ebola about 150 miles (150 miles) from the epicenter of the outbreak in Uganda, underscoring how fast the cases are spreading.

      A 45-year-old man died in eastern Uganda’s Jinja district near the source of the Nile, health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Sunday....
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      It’s unclear how many other people he could have infected during that time, but the news raises serious questions about the effectiveness of Uganda’s contact tracers....

      https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com...​​​​
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      • Uganda Ebola Virus Disease Situation Report No 48

        Format Situation Report SourcesPosted
        14 Nov 2022
        Today marks 57 days of response to the EVD outbreak, first case was confirmed on 19-Sep-2022.
        • Within the past 24 hours, we registered;
        • One newly confirmed EVD case – 45yr old male from Bulenga Town Council, Jinja District, linked to a probable death;
        • One newly confirmed death – the confirmed case from Jinja district;
        • Four new recoveries, all from Kassanda district;
        • Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) among confirmed cases is 55/139 (40%);
        • A total of 1,127 contacts actively being followed-up in seven districts, follow-up rate in the past 24 hours was 90%.
        https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/...n-report-no-48


        Uganda Ebola Virus Disease Situation Report No 49


        Format Situation Report SourcesPosted 14 Nov 2022

        Key Highlights

        Today marks 58 days of response to the EVD outbreak, first case was confirmed on 19-Sep2022.

        Within the past 24 hours, we registered one newly confirmed EVD case – 23yr old female healthcare worker from Eastern Division, Mubende District.

        Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) among confirmed cases is 55/140 (39%).

        A total of 1,086 contacts actively being followed-up in seven districts, follow-up rate in the past 24 hours was 90%....
        https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/...n-report-no-49
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        • WHO rates Uganda as very risky as one dies of Ebola in Jinja

          Two districts that previously reported Ebola cases have surpassed the 42-day countdown and been declared free of the disease. According to the World Health organization, Uganda is on track to contain the outbreak but an internal risk assessment by the global health monitoring organization puts the Ebola risk status at "Very High".
          Walter Mwesigye spoke to the Country Representative of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Yonas Tegegn (Read TE-GEN) in this report.
          https://www.ntv.co.ug/ug/news/who-ra...jinja--4020148
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          • Emmanuel Olet
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            His Excellence President
            @KagutaMuseveni
            will tomorrow 15th November 2022 address the Nation on the current status of #EbolaOutbreakUG in the country. This comes after a confirmed fatawl Ebola case being reported in Kayalwe B village, Buyengo sub-county, Jinja district.




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            Presidential Address | H.E. President of Uganda
            @KagutaMuseveni
            will address the nation on the status of the #EbolaOutbreakUG tomorrow, November 15th, 2022, at 8 p.m. Tune in LIVE via all our platforms https://guguddetv.com #GuguddeTvUganda #M7Address
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            • Helen Branswell

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              1. Short #Ebola Another health worker has been infected in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak, a 23 yo woman working in Mubende district. Here's hoping she recovers.

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              2. Uganda's health ministry has been downplaying the scale of its outbreak by refusing to add probable cases to case/death counts. They aren't just doing it to overall cases, they're doing it with health workers too. They say there have been 19 HCW infections + 7 deaths.

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              3. But if you look inside their situation reports, there is one table in which they list probable cases (all probable cases are people who died without being tested). If you look there, you see that in addition to 19 confirmed HCW cases, there've been 7 probable HCW cases.

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              4. I think that means there've actually been 26 cases & 14 deaths (confirmed + probables) among health workers. A tragic toll. The outbreak totals to date (confirmed + probables) are: 162 cases 77 deaths (I added the purple text to this graphic.) https://afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2022-11/Ug_EVD_SitRep%2349.pdf…

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              • Nigeria risks Ebola virus outbreak -NCDC

                15th November 2022

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                Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has raised the alarm that chances of Nigeria recording Ebola virus outbreak is high.

                In a statement, yesterday, it explained that its National Emerging Viral Haemorrhagic Disease Technical Working Group met on 26th of September, 2022, to assess the risk of importation of Ebola virus in to Nigeria and the potential impact to inform in-country preparedness activities...

                .“Based on available data and risk assessment conducted, Nigeria is at high risk of importation of the virus. This risk is due to the large volume of air travel between Nigeria and Uganda, and the mixing of passengers, especially at the regional travel hubs of Nairobi, Addis Ababa, and Kigali airports, as well as the additional risk from other neighbouring countries that share a direct border with Uganda should cases arise in other countries in the region,” NCDC said....
                https://www.sunnewsonline.com/nigeri...tbreak-ncdc-2/
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                • Ebola: 40 contacts traced as one dies in Jinja- 4 showing symptoms..

                  Tuesday, November 15, 2022

                  .Health authorities in Jinja District have traced 40 contacts, with four of them showing symptoms of Ebola....

                  Mr Yenus Mbwire, the Jinja District surveillance focal person, said prior to his death that the deceased was bleeding from the mouth and nose.

                  “The medical team rushed to the site (village), took his samples and sent them to Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe for testing and on Saturday night at around 11:30pm, we received information that the samples tested positive for Ebola.

                  “The team is already doing contact tracing from the home and facilities where the deceased was first admitted. So far, 40 contacts have been reached, out of which four are presenting signs and symptoms of Ebola,” Mr Mbwire said...

                  ..These traced contact persons are still in their homes, but plans are underway to evacuate them. We are arranging for an isolation centre,’’ he added.

                  By the time of filing this story, this publication learnt that the district had not yet established an isolation centre to cater for the traced cases..

                  https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/new...​​​​
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                  • Jinja registers two more Ebola cases

                    Tuesday, November 15, 2022

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                    • Mr Kigongo said the victims include the daughter of Dan Waiswa, who succumbed to Ebola last week, and her 18-month-old daughter, both residents of Kayalwe B village in Buyengo Town Council...
                    The patients are currently admitted at the Entebbe-based National Ebola Treatment Centre, whereas, their four close contacts are being quarantined for 21 days after testing negative,” he said.
                    ...
                    Mr Kigongo further noted that the district Ebola task force is liaising with the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital surveillance teams to track down 25 high-risk contacts for quarantine...https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/new...-cases-4021198
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                    • Michael Wandati

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                      PUBLIC NOTICE Effective 14th November, 2022; the Government of #Uganda issued the following directives with immediate effect on health measures at all points of entry and departure.
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                      • PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON EBOLA 🎙️

                        Presented by Joseph Kizza
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                        8:56 pm | Lockdown continues in Mubende and Kassanda
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                        8:49 pm | President announces measures

                        Museveni announces the following measures for Mubende and Kassanda districts:

                        - The health ministry and district leaders must intensify sensitization of boda boda riders on the dangers of movement into other areas.

                        - All traditional healers and witchdoctors are prohibited from receiving clients.

                        - All boda boda riders must stop the passenger relay system. If not, they will be stopped from moving even cargo.

                        - All trucks carrying logs are banned with immediate effect from movement into and out of Mubende and Kassanda districts until the end of the second 21-day incubation period is over.
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                        8:45 pm | Four major challenges for Kassa....https://www.newvision.co.ug/category...​​​​
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                        • 245 #Ebola contacts have been listed in Jinja City. Five have been taken to Entebbe isolation centre, according to
                          @KagutaMuseveni
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                          • Kenya
                            Nov 15 2022
                            ​​​​​​...The Ministry of Health has also reactivated the National Task Force on the Ebola Virus Disease and heightened the level of surveillance at all points of entry into the country with the border Counties.
                            https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/nati...er-fund-in-law
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                            • SoftPower News

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                              "We now have cases of #Ebola in 6 districts (Mubende, Kasanda, Kampala city, Wakiso, Masaka and Jinja. Bunyangabu and Kagadi districts have been dropped from the follow up list because they have completed 42 days ( two incubation cycles of the virus) without a case” #M7Address
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                              • 4TH ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON THE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK
                                BY H E THE PRESIDENT

                                DATE: 15 November, 2022



                                Fellow Countrymen, Countrywomen and Residents in Uganda, I am back to talk to you about Ebola and this is the fourth time. I last talked to you on 15th October 2022 when I issued restrictions on movements into and out of Mubende and Kasanda Districts which are the areas where this Ebola outbreak started. I am informed by the Ministry of Health that Ebola has since then spread to other districts notably Masaka and Jinja . We now have cases of Ebola in six districts (Mubende, Kasanda, Kampala City, Wakiso, Masaka and Jinja.) Bunyangabu and Kagadi districts have been dropped from the follow up list because they have completed 42 days, which is 2 incubation cycles of the virus, without a case.

                                As of today, there area total of 141 confirmed cases of Ebola, 55 of these have died while 73 have recovered and 13 are admitted at the Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs).

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                                GREATER KAMPALA METROPOLITAN AREA

                                Confirmed cases have been reported in the districts of Wakiso and Kampala Cityas a result of imported cases from Kasanda and Mubende. Currently, the number of cases in Greater Kampala are as follows; Kawempe Division –3, Makindye Division –1, Rubaga Division-14, and Wakiso District –2.

                                The Greater Kampala region is a heavily populated area that presents challenges in contact tracing, follow up and home quarantine; and because of this, identified contacts MUST be put under institutional quarantine.

                                However, I have been informed that some contacts escaped and found their way to Masaka and Jinja. Both of them have since died of Ebola. A pregnant woman linked to the initial Kasanda case that brought infection to Kampala was called by her mother to seek health care in Masaka. The mother then took her to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital where the health workers suspected Ebola and isolated her. She tested positive and unfortunately passed on before delivery. Ninety Seven (97) contacts linked to this pregnant woman have been listed and are under follow up. Furthermore, I am informed that another contact linked to the Rubaga cluster travelled to Jinja District where he visited two private clinics before he succumbed after infecting his brother. The brother subsequently died and was confirmed for Ebola after death through samples removed by health workers from a private clinic, St. Catherine Medical Center. We have since then confirmed Ebola in another relative bringing the total number to 3 in this family. Two hundred and forty five (245) contacts have been listed in Jinja District, 5 of these developed symptoms and have been evacuated to Entebbe National Isolation Facility.

                                The above scenario shows that the population and health workers in Kampala and the entire country have not yet properly understood the dangers of Ebola and how it is spread.
                                ...

                                https://www.yowerikmuseveni.com/upda...ebola-outbreak
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