Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday that it had intensified surveillance to prevent transmission of the Ebola virus after cases were reported in neighboring Uganda. Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said at a briefing in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that critical personnel …
Read More »Africa CDC calls for enhanced Ebola virus surveillance, control measures in Uganda
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), has called on Ugandan authorities to intensify surveillance and control measures as the country reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease. The Africa CDC made the call …
Read More »Bunyoro residents, leaders demand health surveillance following Ebola outbreak
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and leaders in Bunyoro sub-region are demanding heightened health and security surveillance following an outbreak of Ebola in the country. The call comes a day after the Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in Mubende district, an area that shares a common …
Read More »Ebola outbreak: 13 admitted at Mubende hospital
Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen people are hospitalized at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital because of Ebola. According to officials, the 13 were picked up from Madudu sub county in Mubende district, and Rujuburi refugee camp in Kyegegwa district on Wednesday evening. Rosemary Byabashaija, the Mubende Resident District Commissioner-RDC says …
Read More »Gov’t calls for vigilance as Ebola sets on Mubende district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Health (General Duties), Anifa Kawooya, has asked countrymen and women to remain vigilant in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in Mubende district. Kawooya was on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 presenting a statement before Parliament on the outbreak of Ebola …
Read More »One person dead as Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | The Uganda government has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende District, Uganda. Through the ministry of health, the confirmed case is a 24-year-old male, a resident of Ngabano village of Madudu Sub County in Mubende District had EVD symptoms. He …
Read More »Kasese on high alert after ebola out-break in neighbouring DRC
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities and local leaders in Kasese district have cautioned residents, particularly those living closer to the border areas over the outbreak of Ebola in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Last week, the regional office for Africa of the World Health Organization-WHO, said …
Read More »Kasese intesifies Ebola screening at border points
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district has intensified Ebola screening along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. On Tuesday, the regional office for Africa of the World Health Organization-WHO, said one new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed in Beni Health Zone in the North Kivu Province …
Read More »Uganda intensifies border surveillance after Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has intensified surveillance on its western border following a reported Ebola case in the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior government official said Thursday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, told Xinhua by telephone that they have also intensified …
Read More »DR Congo reports five Ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak: WHO
Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the country, said the DRC office of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. As of Saturday, five cases of Ebola virus disease, …
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