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Friday, November 16, 2012

3 more test positive to Ebola in Luweero




Publish Date: Nov 16, 2012


Three more residents of Nyimbwa in Luweero district have tested positive to the Ebola haemorrhagic fever.  
This brings the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the district since last month to six, three of whom have died.           
“The blood samples for three people which we sent yesterday have come out indicating they are also infected with Ebola,” Richard Kawenyera, the district Ebola surveillance officer, told Saturday Vision yesterday (Friday).           
Kawenyera did not divulge details about the patients saying he was too busy.           
But it is believed that they are related to the three members of the same family who died in Kakute sub-county, Sambu Parish, Nyimbwa sub-county...
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/637350-3-more-test-positive-to-ebola-in-luweero.html