Here are a few stories on ebola, but it has been VERY quiet the past few days..
Man steals phone from Ebola patient, gets infected
Sunday, August 26 2012 at 01:00
Security and medical officials in Kibaale District have registered a case in which a man allegedly went in an isolation ward at Kagadi Hospital and stole a cellular phone from one of the Ebola patients.
The 40-year-old resident of Kyakabugahya LCI in Kagadi Town Council travelled about three kilometers to the hospital to apparently obtain a phone estimated to be valued at Shs60,000 more than two weeks ago.
The suspect allegedly broke into the isolation ward on the night of Tuesday August 14, undetected by hospital guards. The patient, who has since succumbed to the deadly hemorrhagic fever, then reported the theft to the hospital security that then embarked on tracing the alleged thief.
Police detectives began tracking him after he apparently began communicating to his friends using the phone. But as police zeroed in on him, he developed symptoms similar to those of Ebola and sought medication at the hospital.
While at hospital he reportedly confessed stealing the phone and has handed it to Kagadi police.
“Kagadi Police Station received
[link to www.monitor.co.ug]
Health-Bulletin
Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 08:00:00
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(Congo-Brazzaville)
Public health response plan against the Ebola virus reactivated
The precautionary principle is put forward by the Congolese administration of health, due to the recurrence of hemorrhagic fever that has already claimed several victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo
All Departments having border with the DRC live an alert to the Ebola outbreak, according to the Director General of Health in the Republic of Congo. Alexis Elect Dokekias said to the press have seized the departmental Health and medical officers of health and social constituencies in Likouala, Sangha, Cuvette, Plateaux, Pool, Niari, Bouenza and Kouilou in to reactivate the device response against the Ebola haemorrhagic fever.
Even the Cuvette-Ouest, no border with the DRC, is involved in preventive measures against possible entry of the virus, which had caused several deaths in this part of Congo in 2004 and 2005. "We have very long borders with DRC border river and land simultaneously. Even if we sometimes traffic control, we can not control the animals crossing land borders. Therefore, if we were faced with this epidemic, we might respond, "he argued....
[link to www.brazzaville-adiac.com]
Adopting measures to prevent Ebola Congo
Brazzaville, Aug 25 (PL) Congo's health authorities announced today the adoption of measures in the African country to prevent Ebola epidemic, which affects the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Congolese Health CEO, Alexis Elira Dokekias, said health officials in the provinces bordering the DRC were properly oriented to reactivate the device response against the disease.
The provisions cover the northern territories as Likouala, Cuvette and Sangha; alongside Plateaux (center), Pool, Niari, Bouenza and Kouilou (south) and Cuvette West said.
He stated that the preventive measures include raising awareness not to touch or eat meat of dead animals found in wooded areas, in addition to the strengthening of epidemiological surveillance in general....
[link to www.prensa-latina.cu]
