Eight new cases of Ebola have been confirmed at Uganda’s Kagadi Hospital, health officials said on Friday. The number of people being “actively followed up” has risen from 232 in the last 12 hours to 253.
“Of the 46 samples collected since the outbreak, by August 2, eight of them were confirmed positive and all are from Kibaale,” the chairman of the Ebola National Task Force, Mr Anthony Mbonye, said.
The Health Minister, Dr Christine Ondoa, said 312 people confirmed to have been in contact with the sick and the dead had been established, 253 of whom were being closely followed.
Meanwhile, World Health Organisation country representative Dr Joakin Saweka said there was no need to issue travel advisories against visiting Uganda.
He the situation was under control and the structure put in place by the Ugandan government were more than adequate.
The assurance came after international media reports seemed to portray a picture of a country in a deep crisis and an account in one outlet that declared the country “deadly.”
“If it were deadly you would not be here. There are 312 contacts being followed in a population of 34 million people, is that enough to say the country is deadly?” asked Tourism minister Ephraim Kamuntu... http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Eight+new+Ebola+cases+confirmed+in+Uganda+/-/1056/1470660/-/14q104x/-/index.html
