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Uganda - Media report: Passenger from S. Sudan isolated as suspected ebola case in Entebbe - MoH says negative August 8, 2014

Re: Ebola: Discussion

Re: Ebola: Discussion


Thanks Rockyman! We usually try to get the source material mentioned. Here it is:


Suspected Ebola patient isolated in Entebbe hospital


Health workers in protective gear at an Ebola isolation facility during an outbreak of the disease in Kibaale District in 2012. FILE PHOTO

By Agatha Ayebazibwe

Posted Friday, August 8 2014 at 01:00
IN SUMMARY

Held. The suspect, who was travelling from South Sudan, was stopped at Entebbe Airport after screening.


Entebbe.
Health ministry officials have placed a man suspected of suffering from the deadly haemorrhagic fever—Ebola—in isolation at Entebbe Grade B Hospital isolation wing.

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http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Natio...pital/-/688334/2411626/-/brsf7qz/-/index.html
 
Re: Uganda - Media report: Passenger from S. Sudan isolated as suspected ebola case in Entebbe

Re: Uganda - Media report: Passenger from S. Sudan isolated as suspected ebola case in Entebbe

Uganda patient tests negative for Ebola: ministry

Publish Date: Aug 08, 2014

Uganda said Friday a man put in isolation with fever had tested negative for the deadly tropical disease Ebola.

"The results came in and it is not a case," said health ministry spokeswoman Rukia Nakamatte.

The passenger was the first to be tested in east Africa in the current outbreak sweeping west Africa, although Uganda has suffered Ebola outbreaks in the past, most recently in 2012.

The patient was stopped as he arrived in Uganda's main Entebbe airport showing signs of fever, after arriving from neighbouring South Sudan, where no cases of the Ebola virus have been reported.

Reports of a case in late July in northern Uganda also proved to be a false alarm.
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http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/658514-uganda-patient-tests-negative-for-ebola-ministry.html
 
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