Ebola: Kibaale public gatherings ban lifted

Publish Date: Aug 30, 2012
The national Ebola task force has lifted a ban that had been slapped on all public gatherings in Kibaale district.

“We have deemed it necessary to allow public gatherings (in places) such as markets, schools and any other social gatherings to open up because the Ebola epidemic is now contained,” Dr. Jackson Amony, the national coordinator of the Ebola task force said.

All public gatherings had been banned following the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic that was declared on July 28.

Amony said that the epidemic is now in the low risk period and the public can now go on with their normal business but with caution...

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