Deadly ‘unprecedented’ Marburg virus is likely to hit Kampala city center. The shocking news was unveiled by the Minister of Health, Christine Ondoa at Uganda Media Center.
Though she seemed not want to raise alarm, the statistics she gave were very clear that the fatal contagion is swimming in the ‘air’ of our dusty streets.
Ondoa said that so far six people have been succumbed to the disease with four testing positive. The health experts are monitoring 196 contacts (patients) in Rukungiri, Kabale, Ibanda and Kampala districts, plus one put under isolation in a facility in Kabale and another in Mulago.
Ondoa said that so far six people have been succumbed to the disease with four testing positive. The health experts are monitoring 196 contacts (patients) in Rukungiri, Kabale, Ibanda and Kampala districts, plus one put under isolation in a facility in Kabale and another in Mulago.
She said that 29 people including relatives of the affected and health workers are under surveillance here in Kampala while their blood samples taken to Entebbe Research Center for laboratory tests.
When Red Pepper asked her how safe the city center, the polite Minister responded that she wouldn’t want to arouse fears because the Ugandans not recovered from the ‘Ebola tragedy’.
When Red Pepper asked her how safe the city center, the polite Minister responded that she wouldn’t want to arouse fears because the Ugandans not recovered from the ‘Ebola tragedy’.
Foreign Experts Fly In
A team of health experts from Center for Disease Control (CDC) based in Atlanta USA will jet in to back up the local expertise on bringing the tragedy to an end. http://www.redpepper.co.ug/?p=1094
A team of health experts from Center for Disease Control (CDC) based in Atlanta USA will jet in to back up the local expertise on bringing the tragedy to an end. http://www.redpepper.co.ug/?p=1094
