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  • Uganda: Unidentified disease rages in Kyotera, 10 dead

    Source: https://www.independent.co.ug/strang...otera-10-dead/

    Strange’ disease rages in Kyotera, 10 dead
    The Independent February 1, 2022
    Laborotary tests have ruled out Ebola, Marburg, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), and Rift Valley Fever (RVF).

    Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll from a raging ‘strange’ disease outbreak in Kyotera district has reached 10. The latest victim is Francis Mugema, a Kijonjo parish councilor, who passed away on Friday last week.

    The rare disease was first reported in Nakatoke B village, Kijonjo parish, Kasasa sub-county where it killed a 45-year-old farmer within five days after developing painful swellings on the neck, face, chest, skin, and hypothermia.

    It is now six months since the outbreak was reported in Kijonjo A, Kijonjo B, Nakatoke A, and Nakatoke B villages, Kijonjo parish in Kasasa sub-county. An infected person presents with fever, swellings, abdominal and chest pain, vomiting, and general body weakness and die within a week.

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health are jointly investigating the unknown illness to establish the cause of the death. According to Dr. Janefrancis Zalwango, the Masaka Regional WHO epidemiologist, they initially thought it was Ebola, Marburg, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), and Rift Valley Fever (RVF).

    He says that they sent samples to Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) -Entebbe which tested negative. As of November 2021, a total of 13 deaths had been registered by the investigating teams and nine of them had unknown causes but with similar signs and symptoms. Alex Kakeeto, the Kasasa sub-county chief under the Mengo administration, says that they are working with the district and health authorities to contain the disease...

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      Parliament Watch
      @pwatchug

      Kyotera County MP, Lukwago Mpalanyi has raised concerns over what he calls " a life-threatening situation" in Kyotera District. He says that 15 people have died allegedly with same symptoms. He is concerned that many people in Kyotera have started to avoid going to Hospital.
      6:44 AM · Feb 2, 2022·
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      The MP has appealed for Gov'ts intervention. #Plenery
      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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        Painful swellings on the neck might be bubos. Plague is endemic but rare in Uganda.

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          Bishop Jjumba challenges residents in Kyotera against witchcraft over a strange disease.

          By Jjunju Francis

          2nd Feb 2022
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          He was speaking in relation to a strange disease that erupted in Kasasa, sub county Kyotera district in Ssanje Parish specifically in Kijonjo area where people present with rashes, boils, later swollen body and eventually a person dies. So far 20 people have died since November last year. Health experts are said to have taken samples but no conclusive point has been reached.
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          The chairman LC3 Kasasa Sub county Denis Muyunga has prayed that it would be good to impose quarantine in the area until the cause of the disease is established although health experts led by Dr. Edward Muwanga the DHO Kyotera district insist people should seek early treatment in hospitals rather than resorting to traditional healers who have no solution.

          "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
          -Nelson Mandela

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              13 deaths reported...5 died of known disease; 8 cases undetermined: https://chimpreports.com/strange-dis...era-as-13-die/

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