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Uganda - Ebola outbreaks - June 11, 2019 - current

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[FONT=&quot] PRESS RELEASE: NO EBOLA IN MBARARA DISTRICT. Uganda has not registered any new confirmed #Ebola case in Kasese District or any other part of #Uganda since the last registered case 4 days ago.
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Ebola: 4 Kasese sub counties under surveillance

June 27, 2019 Written by Sadab Kitatta Kaaya
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According to Allan Muruta, the commissioner for public health emergencies, the ministry is maintaining full surveillance over the sub counties of Kisinga, Bwera, Nyakiyumbu and Karambi which are considered to be Ebola hotspots.

?They are the hotspots where the cases ? those that were confirmed to be having Ebola passed when they entered Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo,? Muruta said.
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On June 11, the ministry of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in Kasese district...

All the victims entered through undesignated border crossings.

?Along the route, they did expose some people to the virus. We are talking about boda boda cyclists and other people they could have interacted with. We have mapped the areas where they passed and the people they came in contact with,? Muruta said.

By June 25, the number of people under the Ebola surveillance stood at 107 according to the ministry of Health.

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https://observer.ug/news/headlines/61187-ebola-4-kasese-sub-counties-under-surveillance
 
Ministry of Health- Uganda Retweeted

Ainebyoona Emmanuel@ainbyoo
16h16 hours ago

Patient in Kyotera
It's an alert case and a sample has been drawn and taken to UVRI for further testing. Let the residents of kyotera be calm As @MinofHealthUG investigates the alert case.

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Panic In Kyotera As Ebola Suspect Dies

18 Jul 2019, 12:24
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8-year-old Sharifah Nambajjo, a pupil of Good Hope Primary school in Kabira Sub County in Kyotera district died with symptoms similar to those of the highly contagious hemorrhagic.

The minor was first admitted at Kabiira Health Centre IV when she presented with strange symptoms including vomiting of blood and Epistaxis, a condition that presents acute hemorrhage from the nostrils and nasal cavity. She was transferred to Kitovu Missionary Hospital in Masaka district for further management.

She passed on this morning in the temporarily isolation unit where she was admitted on Wednesday evening. Major David Matovu, the Kyotera Resident District Commissioner who is leading the Ebola surveillance task-force, says the minor died shortly after a team from the Health Ministry had collected samples from her for examination. He says a team of medics has been dispatched to her family to examine some of the people she came in contact with as they wait for the results from the samples.
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https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/panic-in-kyotera-as-ebola-suspect-dies
 
[FONT=&quot]Ministry of Health- Uganda‏Verified account @MinofHealthUG 2h2 hours ago More


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[FONT=&quot] There is a confirmed imported case of #Ebola Virus Disease In #Kasese District, Uganda. The confirmed case is a 9 year old female of Congolese origin who traveled from DRC with her mother to seek medical care in Uganda. The child is under isolation and being managed at Bwera ETU.
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PRESS CONFERENCE: Minister of State for Health in Charge of Primary Health Care, Hon. Joyce Moriku Kaducu informs the public that the confirmed imported case of #Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the 9 year old female from DRC passed on today. May her soul Rest in eternal peace.
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Upon the request of the father, plans are under-way to repatriate the body to DRC for safe and dignified burial.
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5 contacts were line listed for follow up; 3 shared the ETU with confirmed case on the 28 August 2019, while two were attendants to patients in the ETU.
All these five are Congolese and were transported in the same ambulance with the confirmed case from Mpondwe PoE to Bwera ETU.
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By yesterday evening, 4 of these contacts had been taken back to DRC for vaccination and effective follow up.

The fifth contact who is the mother to the confirmed case is scheduled to return to DRC for burial of her deceased daughter.
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UPDATE: The body of the deceased confirmed #Ebola case from DRC in Kasese District has been sent back to DRC. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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@tegegny: a total of 300 doses of EVD vaccines have been delivered to Kasese today. These will be used to vaccinate any possible contacts and contacts of contacts.

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[FONT=&quot] @MinofHealthUG confirms death of 9 year old who crossed to #Uganda with #Ebola. Body taken back to DR-Congo along with family. Today, Uganda has no other comfirmed Ebola case. The country is safe and Ebola preparedness activities continue in all "high risk" districts.
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