Uganda - 3 suspected Ebola cases reported in Kasese district, one dies - The 3 samples tested negative - no confirmed case of Ebola in Uganda

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3 suspected Ebola cases reported in Uganda, one dies

Source: Xinhua | 2018-08-15 01:00:26 | Editor: huaxia


KAMPALA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said three suspected cases of Ebola have been registered in the western Uganda's Kasese district.

WHO in a statement issued here said two of the suspected cases are from neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the viral hemorrhagic fever has already broken out, leaving 41 people dead.

The third was a pregnant woman who died at a hospital.
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"Two of the alert cases from DRC are alive. They were identified at the Mpondwe screening point with temperatures above 37.9 and 38.8 respectively, the latter also had a headache," said the statement.

WHO said the third alert case involved a pregnant woman who died at Kaganda hospital due to ante-partum haemorrhage.
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WHO UgandaVerified account @WHOUganda 13h13 hours ago More



#Update: We refer to @XHNews story on #Ebola in #Uganda. We would like to clarify that there is no confirmed case of Ebola in Uganda. There are alerts due to the heightened surveillance, which are investigated as they are detected, & we will continue to get them.






Peter Salama, Yonas T WOLDEMARIAM, WHO African Region and 4 others

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WHO UgandaVerified account @WHOUganda 8h8 hours ago More



The Uganda Virus Research Institute has confirmed that the three (3) samples taken to the laboratory have tested negative for #Ebola. There is no confirmed case of #Ebola in #Uganda






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Three alert cases in western Uganda tested negative for Ebola

Source: Xinhua| 2018-08-16 02:56:05|Editor: yan

KAMPALA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- ...

The global health body said samples taken from two alert cases from Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that were registered in the border district of Kasese tested negative.

Samples from the third alert case -- a pregnant woman who died at Kaganda hospital in Kasese district due to ante-partum hemorrhage -- also turned out negative.
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Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, WHO Representative in Uganda, told Xinhua that there was no confirmed case of ebola in Uganda though the threat is real.

"Uganda and DRC have a porous border so people will come and go for trade and business. I think having a good screening at the border is important and there are a lot of efforts to do that. Getting the health workers trained and get ready to respond is high and is ongoing," he said.
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