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

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Panic As Ebola Kills Doctor In Kampala

Uganda is on high alert after a doctor succumbed to the contagious Ebola on Monday, bringing the death toll of the world?s most virulent disease to 14 since it broke out three weeks ago in Kibaale district.

The incident has been confirmed by President Yoweri Museveni in a special broadcast and Health Minister Christine Odoa during a press briefing in Kampala today.
Ondoa said a three months-old baby and a medical worker from Kagadi are among the 14 Ebola victims.

?A medical worker who was helping in saving lives at Kagadi Hospital died a few moments after being admitted at Mulago Hospital,? said Ondoa.
She further stated that 34 health workers have been relieved of their duties and placed under quarantine to avoid spreading the disease.

?We suspect that they were also infected. We are doing tests and monitoring them from Kagadi Hospital. We are also screening communities to find if there are other cases of Ebola in the region,? she noted.

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President Musevenis Statement On Ebola


Statement
By

H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President of the Republic of Uganda
On

Ebola outbreak
to the nation


Rwakitura - 29th July, 2012


Good evening country men,

I am addressing you about some new problem in the Health sector. This is the emergency of Ebola again in our country. About three weeks ago in the village of Nyanswiga in Kibaale district, some people become very sick. Initially the health workers did not realize what it was. This was apparently because the people who were sick had many other problems?.malaria etc. And apparently the bleeding which normally accompanies Ebola did not take place initially among these patients. That is why Ebola is part of what they call hemorrhagic fevers ? this is because of the bleeding which takes place.

The doctors in Kibaale say the symptoms were a bit atypical of Ebola. They were not clearly like Ebola symptoms. Because of that delay, the sickness spread to another village called Kibaari and to another village called Kisindiizi. Some people went to Kagadi hospital and at least one or two went to Mulago Hospital.

The starting point was Nyanswiga. When people died those who came to bury them also got sick. They are the ones who transferred the sickness from Nyanswiga, Kibaari, Kisindiizi, Kagadi hospital and eventually Mulago Hospital.

Ebola spreads by contact. When you contact each other physically then Ebola spreads through sweat, through saliva in case you kiss, blood (exchange of blood) vomiting in case you touch the vomit of somebody who is sick or diarrhea, urine, sexual fluids etc all those transmit Ebola. Fortunately it seems Ebola does not spread through air (through breathing) it spreads through contact.

The Ministry of Health people are tracing all the people that have had contact with the victims. They have for instance put under quarantine all the seven doctors that dealt with one of the people who came to Mulago and died there as well as the thirteen health workers who were accompanying them.

They are following up all the cases. Up to now fourteen people have died from this Ebola. This is to alert you about this new problem. The Ministry of Health has already announced the fact that samples taken from sick people and those who died were confirmed at Entebbe as Ebola.

I appeal to you to first of all report all cases which appear to be like Ebola. These are high fever, vomiting, sometimes diarrhea and with bleeding. All such cases should be reported immediately to the health authorities. In case somebody dies from what you suspect to be Ebola please do not take on the job of burying him or her, call the medical workers to be the ones to do it because they are the ones that can do it safely.

In the meantime, avoid shaking hands. We discourage the shaking of hands because that can cause a contact through sweat which can cause problems. And when people are sick in hospitals with symptoms which look like Ebola, they should be handled by medical workers wearing protective gear. When we handle this case well we can eliminate Ebola quickly.

This is what happened in Luwero about six months ago. A girl contracted Ebola and she died at Bombo Military Hospital. However because the medical staff from the beginning had been suspicions and had handled her carefully, there was no spread from that sickness. I want to salute the doctors of Luwero for having detected that sickness in time.

I therefore appeal to you to be vigilante, avoid shaking of hands; do not take on burying somebody who has died from symptoms which look like Ebola instead call the health workers to be the ones to do it and avoid promiscuity because these sicknesses can also go through sex. I thank you very much and I wish you good luck. May God rest the souls of those who died in eternal peace.

I thank you very much.


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Panic As Ebola Kills Doctor In Kampala

Uganda is on high alert after a doctor succumbed to the contagious Ebola on Monday, bringing the death toll of the world?s most virulent disease to 14 since it broke out three weeks ago in Kibaale district.

The incident has been confirmed by President Yoweri Museveni in a special broadcast and Health Minister Christine Odoa during a press briefing in Kampala today.
Ondoa said a three months-old baby and a medical worker from Kagadi are among the 14 Ebola victims.

?A medical worker who was helping in saving lives at Kagadi Hospital died a few moments after being admitted at Mulago Hospital,? said Ondoa.
She further stated that 34 health workers have been relieved of their duties and placed under quarantine to avoid spreading the disease.

?We suspect that they were also infected. We are doing tests and monitoring them from Kagadi Hospital. We are also screening communities to find if there are other cases of Ebola in the region,? she noted.

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Also in this report are recommendations to the public from the Ministry of Health:

The Ministry of Health once again urges the public to take the following measures to avert the spread of the disease.
? Report and immediately take any suspected patient to a nearby health unit
? Avoid direct contact with body fluids of a person suspected to be suffering from Ebola by using protective materials like gloves and masks
? Disinfect the bedding and clothing of an infected person
? Persons who have died of Ebola must be handled with strong protective wear and buried immediately, avoid feasting and funerals
? Avoid eating dead animals especially monkeys
? Avoid public gathering especially in the affected district
? Burial of suspicious community deaths should be done under close supervision of district health workers
? Report all suspicious deaths to the health workers
Once again the Ministry of Health calls upon the public to stay calm as all possible measures are being undertaken to control the situation.

 

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Uganda leader warns of Ebola 'contact' threat
Last updated: 2 hours ago


President appeals for citizens to limit physical contact, as another virus-related death is reported in capital Kampala.<HR>The Ugandan president has called on people to limit physical contact with each other, after a victim of a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus was reported in Kampala, the country's capital, for the first time.
"The Ministry of Health are tracing all the people who have had contact with the victims," Yoweri Museveni said in a state broadcast on Monday, adding that 14 people had died in total since Ebola broke out in western Uganda three weeks ago.
Two cases have been reported in the capital since the outbreak began, he said, and one victim is reported to have died in Kampala's Mulago Hospital.
He called on people not to shake hands, to avoid the spread of the killer virus.
"Ebola spreads by contact when you contact each other physically... avoid shaking of hands that can cause contact through sweat, which can cause problems," Museveni said.
"Do not take on burying somebody who has died from symptoms that look like Ebola. Instead, call health workers because they know how to do it...avoid promiscuity because this sickness can also [be transmitted] through sex," he added.
Seven doctors and 13 health workers at Mulago hospital are in quarantine after "at least one or two cases" were taken there, with one later dying from the virus.
Additional cases
The latest outbreak of the disease started in the country's western district of Kibaale, around 200km west of Kampala. The district is located about 50km from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Stephen Bayaruhanga, health secretary of Kibaale, said on Monday that six more patients suspected to have contracted Ebola had been admitted to hospital.
He said that the cases had at first been concentrated in a single village, but are now been reported in multiple villages.


Rukia Nakamatte, the spokesperson of the health ministry, told Al Jazeera a facility had been set up to isolate people in affected areas.

“We have set up an isolation facility at one of the hospital in the affected areas ... Currently we're having seven patients in the facility. They're receiving treatment and responding positively to the treatment being given," she said.

"We're also working with [the US] Centre for Disease Control and the WHO [World Health Organisation]. We have dispatched a team to the affected area to continue monitoring people who got into contact with the sick and the dead."
She said samples from the patients would be delivered to the Uganda Virus Research Institute for further investigation. "Massive sensitisation programmes on radio stations advising people on what they should do" had been launched, she said.

'Evil spirits' blamed

Officials said many sick people with suspected Ebola were unwilling to be taken to the hospital fearing that they will contract the disease while there, if they do not already have it.
According to a health ministry statement released on Monday, some people also refused to seek treatment "because they believed that the cause of the illness was due to 'evil spirits'".
If the six new cases are confirmed as Ebola, it would bring to 26 the number of Ugandans infected with the virus this month. A national task force has been set up to control the spread of the disease, and the Ugandan health ministry is co-ordinating with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Centre for Disease Control and other international partners.
The health ministry has urged people to report any suspected cases of Ebola to the nearest health centre, to avoid direct contact with those suspected to be suffering from it and to avoid public gatherings in affected districts...
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Kenya rules out outbreak of Ebola in the country




<CENTER>NAIROBI, July 30 (Xinhua) ? Kenya?s health officials have dismissed fears of a possible outbreak of Ebola in the East African nation after 13 people died and seven more cases have been diagnosed in neighbouring Uganda last week.</CENTER>

A worker from St. Mary?s Lacor Hospital in Gulu disinfects the coffin of an Ebola victim in northern Uganda on Nov. 1, 2000. By Carlos Palma, AP

Public Health Director in the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation Dr. Shanhaz Sharrif assured Kenyans that all systems have been put in place to avert any outbreak of the deadly diseases in Kenya.
?We are well prepared. We have put all systems in place to avert any outbreak of Ebola disease in the country. Kenyans are free to travel to Uganda and come back without worrying,? Sharrif told Xinhua by telephone on Monday in Nairobi.
Shariff?s remarks come after the an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever Ebola was confirmed in Kibaale district of Western Uganda by the ministry of health, killing 13 people and more than 7 other cases having been diagnosed.
Kibaale district has a total population of about 646,700 people and is located at around 200 kilometres west of the Ugandan capital Kampala, and around 50 kilometers from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
?We wish to assure Kenyans that there is no cause for alarm. We are well prepared to deal with Ebola or any other haemorrhagic fever virus infection. Kenyans are no fear and should go about their business as usual,? Sharrif said...
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Uganda warns on contact as Ebola reaches capital, Kampala

Health officials at Kagadi Hospital wearing Ebola protective gears.
Monday, July 30 2012 at 14:13

President Museveni on Monday banned all physical contact after a victim of a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus was reported in the capital Kampala for the first time..
...Two cases have since been reported in the capital, with one victim reported dead in Kampala's Mulago Hospital, he said, calling on people not to shake hands to avoid the spread of the killer virus.
<!--Ads and Related Buttons--><!-- Ads minus related Buttons -->"Ebola spreads by contact when you contact each other physically... avoid shaking of hands that can cause contact through sweat, which can cause problems," Museveni said.

<!--Ads and Related Buttons--><!-- Ads minus related Buttons -->..Seven doctors and 13 health workers at Mulago hospital are in quarantine after "at least one or two cases" were taken there, with one later dying from the virus... .
A clinical officer at Kagadi hospital Clare Muhumuza and her four month old baby also succumbed to the virus.

<!--Ads and Related Buttons--><!-- Ads minus related Buttons -->Muhumuza who treated most of the patients died on Tuesday at Mulago hospital, while her child died on Saturday...

Dr Dan Kyamanywa, the Kibaale district Health officer, says two people are admitted with the disease at the newly established Kagadi hospital Ebola isolation ward. Although refusing to name the victims, the health officer explains that one is a relative of the deceased clinical officer while the other is a distance relative of Yostus Isoke?s family.The patient has been close to the family during the illness thus contracting the disease..

News of the Ebola outbreak has caused panic at Kagadi hospital as some patients and their attendants first fled the wards on Saturday for fear of catching the disease. By Sunday morning the always full outpatient department at the hospital was almost empt..:tiphat:http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Natio...8334/1466868/-/item/1/-/14ehdnqz/-/index.html




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Uganda warns on contact as deadly Ebola reported in capital

...The fatal case in Kampala was a health worker who "had attended to the dead at Kagadi hospital" in Kibale, Health Minister Christine Ondoa told reporters.
She is believed to have travelled independently to Kampala -- possibly on public transport -- after her three-month old baby died, Ondoa added.
Results of tests were still awaited, but it is "presumed" she died of Ebola, said Dennis Lwamafa, Uganda's commissioner for disease control.
"I appeal to you to first of all report all cases which appear to be like Ebola, and these are high fever, vomiting, sometimes diarrhoea, and with bleeding," Museveni added.
"When you handle this case well you can eliminate Ebola quickly."
According to experts, despite being extremely virulent the disease is containable because it kills its victims faster than it can spread to new ones.
It has a fatality ratio of between 23 and 90 percent, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Seven people suspected of having the virus have been isolated in Kigadi hospital, Ondoa said.
The nearest death to the capital previously had been in May 2011 in Bombo, 35 kilometres (21 miles) from Kampala, a city of some 1.5 million people.
The rare haemorrhagic disease, named after a small river in DR Congo, killed 37 people in western Uganda in 2007 and at least 170 in the north of the country in 2000.
However, Museveni said that the virus had not been immediately identified this time, resulting in a delay.
"The bleeding which normally accompanies Ebola did not take place initially among these patients," he said, adding that health workers at first did not therefore realise what the problem was.
"Because of that delay the sickness spread."
Health officials said that the source of the outbreak had yet to be confirmed but that the villages affected were located close to forests famous for several species of primates.
"The site where most of the cases occurred are close to Kibale forest where there are a lot of monkeys and birdlife," said WHO representative for Uganda, Joaquim Saweka, adding that "so far the WHO does not recommend any restriction of movement.":tiphat:http://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/uganda-warns-contact-deadly-ebola-reported-capital

 

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Advice for travellers

The risk to a traveller of contracting Ebola is very low in the absence of direct contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person, animal, or objects, such as needles, that have been contaminated with blood or body fluids. There have been no known imported cases of Ebola in the United Kingdom.
Travellers should avoid all contact with infected patients. Those who are providing medical care or are involved in the evaluation of an outbreak should observe strict barrier precautions.
Travellers who have been potentially exposed to Ebola virus should seek medical attention immediately if they experience any symptoms consistent with Ebola within the first 21 days of return to the UK.
United Kingdom guidance on the management and control of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) has been written by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens.
Guidance for healthcare workers who will be working with VHF patients in African healthcare settings has been written by the CDC in conjunction with WHO.:tiphat:http://www.nathnac.org/pro/clinical_updates/ebola_ug_300712.htm

:tiphat:http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/uganda

 

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Ebola Reported In Kampala As Medic Dies In Mulago


By Nicholas Mwesigwa:
A clinical officer who attended to suspected Ebola patients at Kagadi Hospital has died in Mulago Hospital after being referred there.
Sources identified the clinical officer as Clare Muhumuza who died on the evening of Friday within a few hours of being admitted. Muhumuza?s four month old baby, Milca Ninsima, is also reported to have died.
?The clinical officer died in Mulago. The disease is contagious like you know so we urge people to be cautious and if one develops any signs please rush to the hospital,? Ondoa said on phone. Doctors at Mulago however couldn?t comment when contacted citing sensitivity of the matter.
The shocking revelation was made by Minster of Health Christine Ondoa while addressing scribes Ebola outbreak last week in Kibaale District.
The Minister said that Mulago Hospital is in the process of reactivating its isolation camp to cater for any reported cases in Kampala and neighbouring districts.
However she said no case of Ebola has been registered in Kampala city and its suburbs.
The Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebloa in Kibaale on Saturday after receiving confirmatory results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute that 14 people in the district had succumbed to Ebola Hemorrhagic fever, Sudan strain.
The announcement came after the Ministry received a report from Kibaale district health authorities on July 11, 2012 of the strange disease in Nyanswiga LCI in Nyamarunda Parish of Nyamarunda subcounty, Kibaale district.
The report had indicated that the patients presented with the common symptoms of diarrhoea, vomiting and fever. It indicated that by July 10, 2012, despite many of the patients having received treatment from Emesco HCIII, Mugarama HCIII, Kagadi Hospital and St Ambrose, 10 of them had died.
It further indicated that initial samples of blood and stool taken from the sick did not yield any positive findings in the laboratories in Kagadi.
The report also noted that people were delaying to present themselves to seek treatment, partly because they believed that the cause of the illness was due to ?evil spirits?.
This caused civil strife among the community requiring Police intervention to quell the animosity.
In response to this report, a team from the Ministry of Health was dispatched to do a quick assessment of the outbreak and give direction for further measures to be taken.
Between July 24 and 25, 2012, detailed laboratory investigations were conducted at the Uganda Virus Research Institute and confirmed that the ?Strange Disease? was Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Sudan strain. Three samples taken from the dead confirmed Ebola to be present in their biological specimen.
Govt Bans Physical Contact
Meanwhile government has banned physical contact following reports a medic had died of Ebola in Kampala.
?The Ministry of Health are tracing all the people who have had contact with the victims,? Yoweri Museveni said in a state broadcast this afternoon.
?Ebola spreads by contact when you contact each other physically? avoid shaking of hands that can cause contact through sweat, which can cause problems,? Museveni said.
Elsewhere, a number of schools in Buyaga County have been closed following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.:tiphat:http://redpepper.co.ug/welcome/?p=41626

 

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In statement released this afternoon, the President also revealed that all the seven doctors that dealt with the Ebola patient who died in Mulago days ago, have been quarantined.

More other 13 health workers in Mulago, who were accompanying them, have also been quarantined, to avoid a likely spread of the diseases just in case they got infected.

 

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Schools close over Ebola outbreak
Publish Date: Jul 30, 2012

• Medical workers in protective gear leave an Ebola isolation camp during the 2007 outbreak

By Vision team
A number of schools in Buyaga County have been closed following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Kibale district.
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Kibaale District, over 200km west of Kampala.

The incurable disease, caused by a virus, has killed at least 13 people in Nyanswiga Village in Nyamarunda sub-county since it broke out three weeks ago. The affected families initially thought it was either witchcraft or evil spirits. As a result they took the first patients to Owobusubozi Bisaka?s shrine for prayers. Bisaka is the leader of a religious sect called Faith of Unity. Two patients died in that shrine.

The disease presents with high fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and blood oozing from the mouth and nose at the time of death.

?Laboratory investigations carried out at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe have confirmed that the strange disease which has been reported for some time in Kibaale is indeed an Ebola variety,? Dr. Denis Lwamafa, acting director general of health services, told the press at the ministry headquarters.
Following confirmation of Ebola, health workers in Kibaale have taken over management of burials.
At Kagadi Hospital, an isolation
ward was set up, where relatives are not allowed to attend to their patients for fear that they might contract the disease.
Dr. Joachim Saweka, the WHO country representative, said WHO Geneva would dispatch 2,000 sets of protective gear and body bags to prevent spread of the disease. Additional assistance is expected from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
There are five types of Ebola namely Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola C?te d?Ivoire, Ebola Bundibugyo and Ebola Reston. The type confirmed in Kibaale is Ebola Sudan, which is less deadly than Ebola Zaire. When Ebola Sudan broke out in Gulu in 2,000, about four out of every 10 patients were able to recover. On the contrary, Ebola Zaire inevitably kills most of the people who get it.
Meanwhile, fear gripped Mulago Hospital workers on Friday after it emerged that one of the patients who died there last week had come from Kibaale.
The patient, a 40-year-old woman named Clare Muhumuza, was received at Mulago on the evening of Friday June 20 and died within a few hours. She was the clinical officer treating the patients at Kagadi Hospital.
?She came to Mulago very sick and by morning she was dead. She suffered multiple organ failure,? said a senior doctor in Mulago.

Doctors and nurses in Mulago yesterday expressed fears that they had handled the patient without protection in ignorance.
Those who handled the patient are likely to be quarantined and observed closely for 21 days.
Currently Suzan Nabulya, a sister to the late Muhumuza, who was tending to her before she died, has been admitted at Kagadi Hospital while Muhumuza?s four month old baby, Milca Ninsima, has died.

Understanding Ebola

Cause: Ebola is caused by a virus belonging to a family called filovirus. There are five distinct types of the virus namely Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola C?te d?Ivoire, Ebola Bundibugyo and Ebola Reston.
Transmission: The disease is transmitted through direct contact with the blood, secretions, organs, fluids or bodies of infected persons. Family members and health workers handling the patients can become infected easily if they do not wear protective facilities such as gloves and masks. Ebola is not air borne.
Symptoms: The average incubation period is 21 days. The disease is characterised by sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is often followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.
Treatment: No specific treatment or vaccine is yet available for Ebola haemorrhagic fever. There is neither a cure nor a vaccine for Ebola. The patients are given symptomatic treatment to reduce pain and prevent dehydration. Several potential vaccines and drugs are being tested but it could take years before any is available.
How to protect yourself
Isolate suspected cases from other patients
Wear gloves, goggles and masks while handling patients
Patients? clothing should be disinfected with household bleach such as JIK
Areas contaminated with patient?s fluids should be disinfected with household bleach such as JIK
Avoid touching the bodies of those who have died of Ebola
People who have died from Ebola should be promptly and safely buried...:tiphat:http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633564-schools-close-over-ebola-outbreak.html

 

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The World Health Organisation(WHO) does not recommend any restrictions on travel to or trade with Uganda:tiphat:http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633...-travel-to-or-restrict-trade-with-uganda.html

 

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Ebola: Uganda Red Cross dispatches emergency team
Publish Date: Jul 30, 2012

By Online Reporter
The Uganda Red Cross Society has mobilised an emergency health team of 100 volunteers to support the Ministry of Health and partners to combat the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Kibaale district.
Already, the Red Cross has dispatched Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Kibaale to support the case management team and URCS volunteers with their work on ground as they also protect themselves against the fever.
URCS is working closely with Ministry of Health and other agencies like WHO, MSF, UNICEF and AFINET who are part of the national task force on Ebola.
Over 100 volunteers were undergoing training to support the dissemination of information about the disease and its transmission to the vulnerable communities. A senior staff and regional manager have moved to Kibaale to support in the training, a statement issued by Uganda Red Cross Society spokesperson Catherine Ntabadde stated.
URCS Under Secretary General Programs and Projects Dr. Bildard Baguma said the volunteers will start their work by Friday this week.
He added that the volunteers will also be involved in active case search and follow up of the contacts suspected or confirmed to be of Ebola.
?The volunteers will also be involved in counseling, rehabilitation and distributions of kits to survivors,? Dr. Baguma explains. Uganda Red Cross Society has since 2000 been supporting the Ministry of Health in Ebola operations.
URCS will work with the national task force to procure Information, Education and Communication materials for community education and sensitization.
To boost its operations, URCS will receive support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to provide immediate assistance to about 1.6m indirect beneficiaries through community sensitization and community disease surveillance.:tiphat:http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633572-ebola--uganda-red-cross-dispatches-emergency-team.html

 

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Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

I changed the title to 14-18? deaths. I believe the healthcare worker who died brought the WHO confirmed total to 14. However, there are media reports that say up to 18. Also, tests are pending for an official confirmation in the death of an infant who may be in the 18 figure.

 

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:tiphat:19 dead

Ebola Virus Hits Kampala
on July 30, 2012

Ebola virus outbreak has been reported in Kampala for the first time, with two cases reported and one person confirmed dead.

The victim reportedly died at Mulago Hospital.

This brings the death toll to 19 of which 18 were reported in Kibaale district where the out break first hit last week.

...Seven doctors and 13 health workers at Mulago hospital are in quarantine after ?at least one or two cases? were taken there, with one later dying from the virus.

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An isolation ward has been established Kagadi hospital to avoid spread of the disease.
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Kenya on alert after Ebola reported in Kampala

Posted by CATHERINE KARONGO and JUDIE KABERIA on July 30, 2012 <!--end: postmeta-->

He added that the ministry was still gathering more information on the Uganda outbreak and further decisions will be made as information is gathered/AFP

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 ? Kenya declared a high Ebola alert on Monday in provinces that border Uganda, after an outbreak of the disease was confirmed in Kampala.
The Head of Disease Prevention and Control at the Ministry of Public Health Willis Akhwale said they had instructed Provincial Directors of Health and District Medical Officers in Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley provinces to immediately report any suspicious cases.
?We will issue the health workers in these areas with personal protective clothing for them to effectively handle any suspicious case,? he told Capital FM News.
He added that the ministry was still gathering more information on the Uganda outbreak and further decisions will be made as information is gathered.
Earlier, the Director of Public Health Dr Shahnaz Sharif told Capital FM News that Kenya would not advise its citizens against travelling to Uganda following the outbreak.
He said Ebola was not airborne and at the moment there was no serious risk. He further said all measures were in place to deal with it in case there is an outbreak in Kenya.
?We are not issuing any advisory for people travelling to Uganda. Everything is under control. If there is anything occurring, we can explore the disease within a short time. We have lab facilities to do so, nothing to worry about? you should relax.?
Reports from Kampala said doctors and health workers involved in handling the known cases had already been quarantined.
Uganda?s president Yoweri Museveni on Monday warned against any form of physical contact after victims were reported in the capital Kampala for the first time.
?The Ministry of Health are tracing all the people who have had contact with the victims,? Museveni said in a state broadcast, adding that 14 people had died in total since Ebola broke out in western Uganda three weeks ago.
Two cases have since been reported in the capital, with one victim reported dead in Kampala?s Mulago Hospital, he said, calling on people not to shake hands to avoid the spread of the killer virus.
?Ebola spreads by contact when you contact each other physically? avoid shaking of hands, because that can cause contact ..:tiphat:http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/07/kenya-on-alert-after-ebola-reported-in-kampala/

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

:tiphat:19 dead

Ebola Virus Hits Kampala
on July 30, 2012

Ebola virus outbreak has been reported in Kampala for the first time, with two cases reported and one person confirmed dead.

The victim reportedly died at Mulago Hospital.

This brings the death toll to 19 of which 18 were reported in Kibaale district where the out break first hit last week.

...Seven doctors and 13 health workers at Mulago hospital are in quarantine after ?at least one or two cases? were taken there, with one later dying from the virus.

...
An isolation ward has been established Kagadi hospital to avoid spread of the disease.
:tiphat:
[link to www.ugandapicks.com]

This writer does not quote any sources for her death count. I am leaving the title of the thread at 14-18? until we can obtain a second source for the total death count.

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

Most schools in Kampala and Buyaga county in Kibaale district have close after an outbreak of Ebola was confirmed.
The virus has so far killed 19 people with 1 case recorded in Kampala at Mulago hospital.:tiphat:http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/07/schools-close-over-ebola-outbreak-12627.html

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

34 People Being Monitored for Ebola Signs
2012-07-30 15:58:10


The disease which broke out in Nyamarunda sub county Kibaale district has so far killed 14 people and another 7 are still fighting for their lives at Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale district.


:tiphat:Read more: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44093#ixzz228FIKSYX

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

Re: Uganda: Ebola Sudan identified in 14-18? deaths including Healthcare worker in Kibaale out of 26 total suspected cases

Government Alerts Public on Spread of Ebola Virus in neighbouring country
Kigali, July 30th, 2012: – Following reported outbreak of the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever in neighboring Uganda, the Government of Rwanda has put in place stringent measures that will ensure the safety of Rwandans from this deadly virus.
Over the weekend, Uganda’s Ministry of Health and WHO confirmed an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Kibale district in Western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Twenty people have been affected so far and 14 people have died as of 29th/07/2012.
Kibale district is approximately 300 Km from the Rwandan border and specifically the districts of Musanze, Nyagatare, Gicumbi and Burera. Due to high traffic and population movements, there is risk that Ebola can be imported to Rwanda at any time.

..Though no case has been reported in Rwanda for the last 15 years, government has put in place measures aimed at protecting Rwandans from this deadly disease but is also cautioning Rwandans to remain vigilant and report any suspected cases immediately.
Ministry of Health in collaboration with its partners and through the emergency preparedness team is taking actions for preparedness and response to prevent potential health risks that might be caused by the deadly disease.
Specifically, the Ministry of Health has issued alert warnings to all health centres on how to detect and handle cases should they arise. The Ministry is also training health care providers especially in districts neighbouring Uganda on case management and preventive measures.
In addition, all the necessary kits and medical supplies needed have been assembled and dispatched to health facilities in the bordering districts.
What is required from the public
FOR YLABORATION
• To immediately seek medical attention at the nearest health facility in case of suspicion of Ebola
• Any person who visited Uganda and had contact with someone presenting signs and symptoms of Ebola should immediately inform the nearest health facility
Current situation
No cases of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever have so far been reported in Rwanda. The Ministry of Health has elaborated plans to effectively respond should the disease occur within our borders.
We request the public to stay calm and continue business as usual.
For more media details contact:
Arthur Asiimwe, Head of the Rwanda Health Communication Centre
0788312517:tiphat:http://www.gov.rw/Government-Alerts-Public-on-Spread-of-Ebola-Virus-in-neighbouring-country?lang=en