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Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 17 deaths, all monitoring completed, outbreak declared over

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-25? deaths, 232+ contacts being monitored

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-25? deaths, 232+ contacts being monitored

Although Ebola, Marburg and other viral emorrhagic fever viruses can fly over Africa and arrive in Europe or Northern America, sporadic cases will hardly be missed since the hyperacute nature of the illness (even in case of atypical presentation).

Also, the mode of transmission would make a large outbreak less likely as patients would be isolated quickly in a infectious disease hospital ward.

Several instances of people returning from Ebola/Marburg affected area were isolated in the past in Europe with no secondary cases in the general population (or in familiar / household contacts).

The risk of introduction of these viruses remains but the response in developed countries would be rapid and containment assured.

I do not see the urgence of taking a hysteric mood as the above piece of news suggests.(GM)
 
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Treyfish said:
August 3, 2012 | 14:18
Ebola virus could spread to Europe, experts say

Source: Večernji list KAMPALA, ZAGREB -- The deadly Ebola virus, which has been raging through Uganda, could spread to Europe since it recently spread to the country?s capital of Kampala.Flights connect Kampala with numerous European cities.

Experts warn that it will be enough if only one infected person gets on a plane to Paris or Vienna, Zagreb-based daily Večernji list writes.

Ebola breaks out in Uganda occasionally and the source is infected monkey meat. Outbreaks have never spread outside villages because the entire population would die, in most cases in the first 24 hours, before anyone could reach a bigger town.

However, the situation is somewhat different in a village where the last epidemic broke out ten days ago.

One of the villagers:tiphat:http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=08&dd=03&nav_id=81605
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There is 1 expert quoted in this article and I can not find his c.v. anywhere.
 
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:tiphat:Not really hysterical as much as realistic. It is theroetically possible. Unlikely we hope, but could happen with any undiagnosed disease.
 
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Any disease can cross any border, but I hope that we are not seeing the emergence of a buncha disease promoting asses like we saw in the H1N1pdm09 pandemic.

It seems that in any international disease event there are a few opportunists who decide to exploit the situation for their own self promotion for sales of products or solicitation of grants.

:(

We will not stand for it.
 
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[Source: World Health Organization, full page: (LINK). Edited.]

Ebola in Uganda ? update



3 August 2012 -The Ministry of Health in Uganda has reported a cumulative number of 53 suspected cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever including 16 deaths.

Of these, five cases have been laboratory confirmed by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe (this includes three fatal cases and two cases currently being treated in the isolation facility).

Currently 32 cases are admitted to an isolation facility in Kagadi hospital, Kibaale district, and a total of 312 contacts were identified, of whom 253 are being closely followed-up.

So far all samples from other districts have tested negative for Ebola, indicating that there has been no expansion of the outbreak beyond Kibaale District.

However a clinical officer who attended to a case in Kibaale district was transferred to Mulago Hospital in Kampala for treatment but later died.

Among the contacts being monitored daily are the seven health workers who attended to the fatal case transferred to Mulago Hospital, none of them has so far developed symptoms of the disease.


Response

The Government of Uganda is continuing to work with a number of partners to control the outbreak.

At the central level the Prime Minister convened a Ministerial Task Force, chaired by the Minister of Health, to facilitate and coordinate the outbreak response.

In Kibaale district, the local health authorities are working through its task force with several partners to mobilize resources and supplies. These partners include WHO, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) and M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF). WHO has deployed logisticians and supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE) to Uganda.

Required funds for local operations are being mobilized.

Additional support is being received from the EMESCO Foundation (a local NGO), Members of Parliament from Kibaale district, the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) and the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS).

Epidemiologists from WHO and US CDC have arrived in Kibaale district and are supporting the response by screening and triaging suspected cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. WHO is coordinating with Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network partners.

With the support of MSF, the construction of a new isolation facility in Kagadi, Kibaale district, is expected to be completed today and additional wards will open to address the increasing number of suspected cases. MSF, IDI and EMESCO are providing food to patients in the isolation facility and have committed to continue to do so for the next two weeks.

For active surveillance and contact tracing in the communities, arrangements with local authorities are being made to increase the number of mobile teams and ambulances.

With regard to social mobilization, the Uganda Red Cross Society has trained 62 teams of Red Cross volunteers and village health teams to conduct social mobilization and public awareness activities. Additionally, public announcements are being disseminated in 11 local languages on 20 radio stations. WHO is facilitating the deployment of a medical anthropologist to assist in these activities.



Neighbouring countries

A number of countries neighbouring Uganda have taken proactive steps to enhance their surveillance to detect and respond to cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

In Kenya, two rumoured suspected cases have since been reported and investigated. Both cases have tested negative for Ebola.
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The South Sudan Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO, has issued guidance to the general public and has activated a national task force to undertake enhanced surveillance as population movement and trade between South Sudan and Uganda are high.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions are applied to Uganda.
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It would be really helpful if the media, including "main stream media" would accurately report what is said by various governmental officials. One problem is that it appears a quote by a WHO official was taken out of context and published by many as WHO saying the ebola outbreak is "under control". This is not true.

The exact quote was:

"The structure put in place is more than adequate," Saweka said. "We are isolating the suspected or confirmed cases."


and this was reported by at least 2 large media organizations as:

"Ebola outbreak in Uganda under control, World Health Organization says"


and then it went "viral" all over the internet and media outlets.


Here is what the WHO said in a statement released today:

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_08_03/en/index.html

"The Government of Uganda is continuing to work with a number of partners to control the outbreak." i.e. They are working on the situation.


Why is it so hard to just report the facts?
 
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Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 16-25? deaths, 253+ contacts being monitored

A questionable source is reporting that one of the five prisoners who are suspected cases in Kibaale has escaped:

http://www.rt.com/news/ebola-uganda-prisoner-hospital-830/

Warning: The article also contains EXTENSIVE garbage.
 
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Prisoner with suspected case of Ebola escapes from hospital in Uganda
From David McKenzie, CNN
updated 3:36 PM EDT, Fri August 3, 2012


Kagadi, Uganda (CNN) -- One of five prisoners receiving treatment for a suspected case of Ebola virus in Uganda escaped overnight Friday from the hospital at the center of the outbreak, a health official said.
"Should his results come back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry. So right now, we have resolved that the remaining prisoners will be cuffed on the beds for fear that they might also escape," said Dr. Jackson Amune, commissioner at the Ministry of Health.
The inmates from Kibaale prison are among 30 people at Kagadi hospital with suspected cases of the virus. Two additional patients have confirmed cases, according to Doctors Without Borders.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/health/uganda-ebola-virus/index.html
 
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Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 16-25? deaths, 253+ contacts being monitored

But that article is still questionable. It then contains the text:

The outbreak began in the Kibaale district in western Uganda with 53 confirmed cases. At least 16 people have died. An additional 312 people have suspected cases of the virus and have been isolated, pending further testing.

And we know that's wrong. The total number of confirmed cases is about 8. 53 is the total number of suspects, and 312 is the number of ASYMPTOMATIC contacts under monitoring.

Again, why is it so hard for the international sources to get this right?


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On a related note, I am beginning to suspect that many of the 30 or so "suspect" cases in isolation at Kagadi do not have Ebola. If one assumes a CFR of 50% (which is probably low) and a time from hospitalization to death of a week (which is probably high), then 1 in 14 hospitalized Ebola patients should die each day on average. That would be 2 deaths a day in that isolation unit. That's not happening. If one shorterns the time to death or increases the CFR, the estimated number of fatalities per day would be even higher.

This argues that many of the patients in isolation have something with a CFR significantly lower than Ebola.
 
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Public Health Agency of Canada

Ebola in Uganda

Released: August 3, 2012


Travel Health Notice

The Ministry of Health of Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola haemorraghic fever in the Kibaale District of midwestern Uganda. As of August 1<SUP>st</SUP>, a total of 50 cases, including 16 deaths have been reported.

The Ministry of Health of Uganda is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support the response operations.

Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a rare and severe viral disease; the virus can infect both humans and non-human primates (monkeys, gorillas, etc.). When infected, people can get very sick, with fevers, pains, and may bleed from different parts of the body (i.e., haemorrhage).

Although the risk is low for most travellers, the Public Health Agency of Canada recommends travellers in Uganda avoid direct contact with blood or bodily fluids of a person or corpse infected with the Ebola virus. Also avoid contact with or handling an animal suspected of having EHF.

Recommendations

Consult a doctor, nurse or health care provider, or visit a travel health clinic at least six weeks before you travel.
  1. Avoid direct contact with blood and other bodily fluids of people with EHF or unknown illnesses.
    1. Avoid direct contact with bodies of people who died of EHF or unknown illnesses.
    2. Avoid unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person or a person recovering from EHF.
    3. Avoid contact with any objects, such as needles, that have been contaminated with blood or body fluids.
    4. Health care workers need to practise strict infection control measures including the use of personal protective equipment (i.e., gowns, masks, goggles and gloves).
  2. Avoid close contact with or handling of wild animals.
    1. The following animals may be carriers: chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, forest antelope, pigs, porcupines, duikers and fruit bats.
    2. Remember, both alive and dead animals can spread the virus.
    3. Avoid handling wild meat.
  3. Know the symptoms of EHF and see a health care provider if they develop.
    1. Seek medical attention immediately, if a fever and any other symptoms arise during or after travel.
    2. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider that you have travelled to a region where EHF was present.
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http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/thn-csv/ebola-eng.php
 
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alert said:
. . . On a related note, I am beginning to suspect that many of the 30 or so "suspect" cases in isolation at Kagadi do not have Ebola. If one assumes a CFR of 50% (which is probably low) and a time from hospitalization to death of a week (which is probably high), then 1 in 14 hospitalized Ebola patients should die each day on average. That would be 2 deaths a day in that isolation unit. That's not happening. If one shorterns the time to death or increases the CFR, the estimated number of fatalities per day would be even higher.

This argues that many of the patients in isolation have something with a CFR significantly lower than Ebola.
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This is an important point. Whenever you have a a high CFR disease, the most accurate indicator of how fast it is spreading is how fast the dead body count increases.
 
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M?DECINS SANS FRONTI?RES (MSF)

?At the moment, we?re hoping for the best but preparing for the worst?

An emergency logistics coordinator for the Ebola outbreak in Uganda describes the situation on the ground

Uganda | 03 August 2012

Article and video:
http://www.msf.ca/news-media/news/2...ing-for-the-best-but-preparing-for-the-worst/
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EA in panic as Ebola strikes again in Uganda

By JOINT REPORT Special Correspondents (email the author)

Posted Saturday, August 4 2012 at 19:44

Uganda is studying the puzzling behaviour of the Ebola Sudan virus in the latest outbreak that had killed 16 people mid last week.


“So far what we see is that it is atypical. Its behaviour is very suspicious,” Dr Anthony Mbonye the Commissioner for Health Services at the Ministry of Health told The EastAfrican, explaining that unlike the typical Sudan strain, victims in the latest suffer fevers without the bleeding normally associated with the virus.

“Thank God we took a sample early because we would be thinking they are suffering from fever yet it is Ebola,” said Mbonye.

The Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola in Kibaale district, about 160km west of Kampala.

Confirmatory test results were done at the Centres for Disease Control, Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) laboratory in Entebbe.

Authorities were following 176 people that came into contact with the deceased while another 38 suspected cases were under observation.

Although it is confirmed as the Sudan Ebola strain, a viral haemorrhagic fever, it is presenting with less bleeding or haemorrhage, as should be the case with Ebola.

Ebola has no cure and vaccine while this particular strain, Ebola Sudan, kills at least 50 per cent of the people who get infected so more deaths are expected.

“We are not seeing much of the bleeding this time,” said Dr Jackson Amone, the Assistant Commissioner Integrated Services at the Ministry of Health who was travelling to Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale, western Uganda, where the first cases were reported.

Ebola typically presents with fever, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhoea, joint pains and bleeding.

“Most of the patients bleed when they are about to die with the cases we are handling. Sometimes you can confuse it for malaria because there is a high fever, vomiting, diarrhoea,” said Dr Amone.

According to health workers, in the absence of body fluids the latest strain is easier to manage because Ebola virus is transmissible through contact with body fluids-saliva, vomit, sweat, blood or other fluids in the body of an infected person.

Like in all Ebola outbreaks in Uganda, patients may have transmitted it to medical personnel. All medical personnel who were initially in contact with the people who died have been asked to stay at home until after 21 days.

As more investigations are ongoing, samples have been sent to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) laboratory in USA. Results are expected after one week.

“CDC is sending samples to Atlanta to do additional sequencing. But the indication now is that it is not a new strain. It is the Sudan strain based on PCR testing, which is specific,” said Erik Friedly, the associate head of communication at CDC-Uganda.


http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/new...ganda+/-/2558/1471392/-/15qobmx/-/index.html?
 
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http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Natio...+lives/-/688334/1471088/-/ocpmfi/-/index.html

[snip]

Reports also indicate that three people died in the villages of Ngerebwe and Waihembe on Thursday night after they reportedly showed signs of the disease but health workers could not confirm whether the victims succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever or some other sickness.

Burial committee dispatched
?We sent a burial committee to bury them because they had symptoms similar to those of Ebola,? Mr Stephen Mfashingabo, the vice chairperson of the Ebola taskforce, said. However, a number of residents from the two villages have fled to neighbouring parishes.
 
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alert said:
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Natio...+lives/-/688334/1471088/-/ocpmfi/-/index.html

[snip]

Reports also indicate that three people died in the villages of Ngerebwe and Waihembe on Thursday night after they reportedly showed signs of the disease but health workers could not confirm whether the victims succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever or some other sickness.

Burial committee dispatched
“We sent a burial committee to bury them because they had symptoms similar to those of Ebola,” Mr Stephen Mfashingabo, the vice chairperson of the Ebola taskforce, said. However, a number of residents from the two villages have fled to neighbouring parishes.
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Also at the above link:

"Dr Dan Kyamanywa, the district health officer, said the epidemic is increasing with more suspected patients admitted to Kagadi Hospital. “Things are not moving on well because we are admitting between three to four people on a daily basis."
 
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Uganda: Psychologists Join Ebola Team

6 AUGUST 2012

A combined team of psychosocial experts from Mulago and Butabika hospitals in Kampala has arrived in Kibaale district which has recorded several cases of Ebola heamorragic fever.

Psychosocial intervention is the process of helping meet a person's emotional, social, mental and spiritual needs to decrease the traumatic consequences of disasters.

Twenty-one people are believed to have succumbed to the deadly haemorrhagic fever, although only three of them were confirmed positive for the virus that causes Ebola.

The cause of death of 16 of the initial cases was never established because their blood samples were never collected for testing since their bodies had already been buried.

The remaining five of the 21 are said to have died over the weekend, four in the community and one at the isolation centre. Test results from the samples of the deceased people had not been ascertained by yesterday, but their sicknesses presented with the symptoms exhibited by those who had been found with Ebola. All the five were buried by the health teams.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201208060187.html
 
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Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 17-25? deaths, 253+ contacts being monitored

I had suspected that most of the suspects did not have Ebola:

http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/27528

Health officials in Uganda?s Kagandi Hospital have so far confirmed 8 new emerging cases of Ebola. Statistics released by Health officials on Friday indicate that the number of people currently ?actively being followed up? has increased from 232 to 253 in the recent 24 hours. Speaking on the matter, the chairman of the Ebola National Task Force, Mr. Anthony Mbonye said, ?Of the 46 samples collected since the outbreak, by August 2, eight of them were confirmed positive and all are from Kibaale.?

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[Since no sample was able to be collected from the first 14-16 fatalities (see above), that makes the total number of probable Ebola infections only about 22-24. The rest of of the cases, especially outside of Kibaale, may very well have had some other illness. It remains unclear whether any confirmed/probable cases actually travelled to Kampala. - alert]
 
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[Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, full PDF document: (LINK). Excerpts, Edited.]


COMMUNICABLE DISEASE THREATS REPORT ? CDTR - Week 31, 29 July-4 August 2012


This weekly bulletin provides updates on threats monitored by ECDC

In addition to those reported elsewhere in this CDTR, the following events have been monitored this week due to the global public health dimension of the Olympics:



Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Kibaale District, West Uganda

Source: Uganda MoH, WHO, media, CDC

The previously reported unknown disease in the Kibaale District has been identified as Ebola haemorrhagic fever. As of 31 July 2012, the latest update from the WHO Regional Office for Africa reports 38 cases and 16 deaths, from the Kibaale District. One healthcare worker who cared for cases in Kibaale became unwell, travelled to Kampala and subsequently died in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala.

There are media reports of potential cases in other Ugandan districts: one suspected case in Mbarara District and five deaths and seven hospitalised cases in Ntungamo District. In addition, afro-news reports three cases from the same family being treated in Mulago Hospital, Kampala. Media reports should be taken with caution, as these reports are not yet verified.

The Ugandan Ministry of Health is working with stakeholders and partners to control the outbreak. Public health measures being carried out include: treatment of suspected and confirmed cases in temporary isolation wards in Kibaale and Kampala hospitals; active contact monitoring of up to 40 people in Kibaale district for 21 days; isolation of healthcare worker contacts in Kampala for 21 days; public advice issued in a statement by the Ugandan president; laboratory testing for the cases in Ntungamo District.

In Kenya, the media are reporting one case being admitted to hospital after having come from Sudan, through Uganda, to seek medical attention while presenting with signs of haemorrhagic fever. In Siaya, western Kenya there was initial concern about one possible case but Ebola has now been excluded. In addition, the media are reporting that Kenya is implementing a screening at its border with Uganda in Busia and Malaba counties.

On 1 August the US CDC issued information for people travelling to Uganda, stressing the need to avoid contact with bodily fluids of sick or dead humans or animals.

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ECDC assessment

Ebola haemorrhagic Fever, Kibaale District, West Uganda: ECDC is closely monitoring this outbreak. At present there is no increased risk level for spread to or within the EU or for EU-citizens moving in Uganda as tourists.


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Ebola Outbreak in Uganda (As of 06 August 2012) http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters...-outbreak-in-uganda-as-of-06-august-2012.html
Event description

6 August 2012 - The Ministry of Health in Uganda has reported a cumulative number of 59 suspected cases of Ebola including 16 deaths. Ten (10) cases have been laboratory confirmed by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe, of whom 6 were acute cases and 4 convalescent cases.

Currently 36 cases are admitted to an isolation facility in Kagadi hospital, Kibaale district, of whom 29 are in the convalescent ward and will soon be discharged.

Of the 398 contacts listed, 84 have completed 21 days, while 292 are still under active follow up. So far all samples from other districts have tested negative for Ebola. However a clinical officer who attended to a case in Kibaale district was transferred to Mulago Hospital in Kampala for treatment but later died. None of the seven health workers who attended to this fatal case has developed symptoms of the disease by day 16 of follow up. This indicates that there has been no expansion of the outbreak beyond Kibaale District.

Response

The Government of Uganda is continuing to work with a number of partners to control the outbreak.

At the central level the Prime Minister has established a Ministerial Task Force, chaired by the Minister of Health, to facilitate and coordinate the outbreak response. The Task Force addressed a well-attended press conference on Friday 3 August 2012.

In Kibaale district, the local health authorities are working through its task force with several partners to mobilize resources and supplies. These partners include WHO, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) and M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF). WHO has deployed epidemiologists, infection control specialist, logisticians and supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE) to Uganda.

Required funds for local operations are being mobilized. The government of Uganda has released 627 million UGX (approx. USD 250,000) to Kibaale district to support the response. Additional support is being received from the EMESCO Foundation (a local NGO), Members of Parliament from Kibaale district, the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) and World Vision.

With the support of MSF, the construction of a new isolation facility in Kagadi, Kibaale district has been completed. A ward for convalescent cases who are Ebola negative has been opened. The convalescent patients are receiving psychosocial support in preparation for discharge. WHO is supporting the provision of a discharge package to facilitate resettlement in the community?

Red Cross volunteers and village health teams are conducting social mobilization and public awareness activities. Additionally, public announcements are being disseminated in 11 local languages on 20 radio stations. WHO is facilitating the deployment of a medical anthropologist to assist in these activities.

Neighbouring countries

A number of countries neighbouring Uganda have taken proactive steps to enhance their surveillance to detect and respond to cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. The neighbouring countries of Kenya, Rwanda South Sudan and Tanzania have investigated rumors of suspected cases. Both Kenya and Rwanda have investigated the rumors and ruled out Ebola. The governments of Kenya and South Sudan have issued guidance to the general public and also activated their national task force to undertake enhanced surveillance. Tanzania is still investigating the rumors.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions are applied to Uganda.
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Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin...ports-inside-the-hot-zone-the-ebola-outbreak/


By David Ford
Aug 6, 2012 3:08pm
EXCLUSIVE: ABC News Reports ?Inside the Hot Zone: The Ebola Outbreak?
ABC?s Dr. Richard Besser the Only American Reporter to Go Inside the Ward Where Victims of the Deadly Ebola Virus in Africa are Being Isolated

...Dr. Besser will give viewers a rare look inside the Ebola ward where the infected are being isolated from the rest of the population to prevent the spread of the brutal disease. His exclusive reports, ?Inside the Hot Zone: The Ebola Outbreak,? will air MONDAY, AUGUST 6 on ?World News with Diane Sawyer? and later this week on ?Nightline.? Besser?s first report aired this morning on ?Good Morning America...?
 
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