No travel ban to Ebola affected areas - Govt
Publish Date: Aug 01, 2012
Health minister Dr. Christine Ondoa has said the government has not imposed a travel ban in the districts affected by Ebola virus.
“The Ebola virus is a self- limiting disease. It can wipe out a family or a village when there are no more people to infect, it dies down. Isolation is the solution and it will contain it,” Ondoa told Parliament No travel ban to Ebola affected areas - Govt
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633646-no-travel-ban-to-ebola-affected-areas-govt.html
The Kibaale District chairperson, George William Namyaka has banned all public activities including markets, weddings and any other public gathering for fear of spreading Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever However, this is contradicting the statement from World Health Organization which pointed out that there is no need to ban any public activity because the health officials had traced all the Ebola contacts and quarantined them.
http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/kibaale-district-chairperson-bans-all-public-activities/26530.aspx
on August 1, 2012 Ebola Reaches Kanungu District
Panicked residents of Kanugu district got the shock after one of their health workers who was working in Kigadi died from the Ebola virus. Kemitumba Mackline died Monday July 30th and her body was taken for burial in Kanungu district where she was buried yesterday in a hasty burial.
http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/08/ebola-reaches-kanungu-district-69452.html
number of dead to 16 http://www.chimpreports.com/index.php/people/health/5311-breaking-ebola-death-toll-rises-176-new-infections-suspected.html
Ebola killed 18 people in Uganda http://www.demotix.com/news/1365947/ebola-outbreak-claims-more-lives-uganda
As of 31 July, 2012, a total of 38 cumulative cases, including 16 deaths have been reported
http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news/3647-ebola-outbreak-in-uganda-as-of-01-august-2012.html
August 01, 2012
The Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has urged citizens to take precautions following the deaths of at least 25 people from the Ebola virus in Uganda, Tanzania's Daily News reported Wednesday (August 1st).
http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/newsbriefs/2012/08/01/newsbrief-06
Agence France-Presse
08/01/2012 14:34 GMT
KAMPALA, Aug 1, 2012 (AFP) - At least 15 people have died in Uganda from the deadly Ebola virus with the toll likely to rise further, the health ministry said Wednesday.
August 01, 2012
What Is the Current Situation?
The Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the Kibaale District of western Uganda. As of July 31, there have been 38 cases and 16 deaths. Five cases have been laboratory confirmed http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/outbreak-notice/ebola-uganda-2012.htm
Thursday, August 2 2012 at 01:00Five people in Kibutamo Village in Kitwe Town Council, Ntungamo District have died of a strange disease in the past two weeks and seven others are admitted at a health centre. Kenneth Kwoshaba 22, who was working as a security guard in Kamwenge, died on July 17. Benon Rumanzi, 45, a close neighbour, died three days later.
Faraziya Katayomba, 93, another resident of the village, died three days later. Jovance Katongana, 42, died last Saturday while Geoffrey Turyahebwa, 21, died on Sunday.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Strange+disease+kills+five+people+in+Ntungamo/-/688334/1468858/-/13urrj0/-/index.html
http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stor...#ixzz22NbJn73O
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There is tension in Ibanda district after one person died of Ebola-like symptoms at Ibanda hospital
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There is tension in Ibanda district after one person died of Ebola-like symptoms at Ibanda hospital
A list of 20 dead not including the above 5, which turns into 10 for a total of 30 at least
health officials did not recognize the Sudan strain, which can achieve a 70
percent fatality rate, as it presented differently from the previous Bundibugyo
strain, with a 30-40 percent fatality rate; patients presented with fever and
vomiting rather than the more typical haemorrhaging usually associated with
Ebola.
"We thought it was a strange disease because the symptoms first of all were not like the previous Ebola - that's why people were not cautious about it," he said. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96010/UGANDA-Containment-worries-as-Ebola-numbers-rise
"We thought it was a strange disease because the symptoms first of all were not like the previous Ebola - that's why people were not cautious about it," he said. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96010/UGANDA-Containment-worries-as-Ebola-numbers-rise
