Sacrifice and 8 million birds from bird flu
The CEO of the National Health and Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture, Enrique Sánchez Cruz, reported to have been killed 8 million birds by bird flu, while 40 have been vaccinated million more
Celaya, GTO. - "The vaccine producer is selling at 29 cents a dose, at cost, so it can be applied as quickly as it is doing, because we begin to apply vaccines a week ago, and today are vaccinated 40 million birds, "he said.
Regarding the birds slaughtered and killed, the federal official reported to have been increasing, it is necessary to eliminate the virus and prevent it from contaminating other birds.
"Last week we had eliminated 6 million, and today we have 8 million, because of the following: the vaccination system is doing a sweep of all poultry zones. The birds are finding it is not feasible vaccinate are removed, this has been increasing, "he said.
He clarified that it is not an issue because it is better to leave quickly eliminate the virus continue to control more quickly.
"We have within Mexico on epidemiological surveillance of exotic diseases and endemic, this system operates with 21 officers and 180 private laboratories, which can monitor in real time, every day of the year and where the information is received, we know the evolution of disease, "he said.
The federal official reiterated that there is no justification for the rising price of chicken and the egg, because although there are animals that have died both foods are still produced.
40 million birds have already received the vaccine against bird flu, each costs 29 cents. http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/sacrificanya8millonesdeavesporgripeaviar-1344260.html
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
Business as Usual in Kampala Despite Ebola Scare
Residents of Kampala city have continued to conduct their daily activities, others with no precaution despite the announcement of an outbreak of Ebola in parts of Uganda and in the city itself.
Read more: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44209#ixzz22cQi0L9y
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Hidden deaths, more influx of patients
Government releases Shs600 million as Ebola claims more lives
A health official at Kagadi Hospital takes stock of a consignment from the National Medical Stores on Thursday. Photo by Ronald Tumusiime
Sunday, August 5 2012 at 01:00
In Summary
Avoiding individualist. To avoid the cash being swindled by senior government officials, the money has been dispatched to the district account, according to a letter seen by this paper.
A day after this newspaper published the logistical outcry of health personnel fighting against the deadly Ebola epidemic; the government on Friday said it had released Shs627 million to facilitate their activities in Kibaale District.
However, the money has come at a time when the district is registering more infections and deaths. By yesterday, the death toll had reached 17 after a patient died at Kagadi Hospital.
Reports also indicate that three people died in the villages of Ngerebwe and Waihembe on Thursday night after they reportedly showed signs of the disease but health workers could not confirm whether the victims succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever or some other sickness.
Reports also indicate that three people died in the villages of Ngerebwe and Waihembe on Thursday night after they reportedly showed signs of the disease but health workers could not confirm whether the victims succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever or some other sickness.
Burial committee dispatched
“We sent a burial committee to bury them because they had symptoms similar to those of Ebola,” Mr Stephen Mfashingabo, the vice chairperson of the Ebola taskforce, said. However, a number of residents from the two villages have fled to neighbouring parishes.
“We sent a burial committee to bury them because they had symptoms similar to those of Ebola,” Mr Stephen Mfashingabo, the vice chairperson of the Ebola taskforce, said. However, a number of residents from the two villages have fled to neighbouring parishes.
“We urge the people to be calm. All efforts are being made to contain the outbreak,” Mr Mfashingabo added. Sunday Monitor has seen a letter by the Health Permanent secretary ministry dated August 1, addressed to the Kibaale Chief Administrative Officer, indicating the money has been wired to the district account. Dr Dan Kyamanywa, the district health officer, said the epidemic is increasing with more suspected patients admitted to Kagadi Hospital. “Things are not moving on well because we are admitting between three to four people on a daily basis. But we think the funds given will help us to hunt for more suspects,” said Dr Kyamanywa... http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt+releases+Shs600+million+as+Ebola+claims+more+lives/-/688334/1471088/-/ocpmfi/-/index.html
Ugandan Ministry of Health Ebola Update (4th August).wmv
Ugandan Commissioner of Health Service, Dr Anthony K. Mbyone provides a further update on the recent Ebola outbreak. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T21kZxdJ-TM&feature=em-share_video_user
Uganda: Ebola - Death Toll Rises to 17
ONE more person is suspected to have died of the deadly Ebola virus in Kagadi hospital, while other two patients have been admitted to the hospital's isolation ward today.
"The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward," Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale's district health officer, revealed.
This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa.
Only two patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola. Three others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted. A total of seven more specimens .. http://allafrica.com/stories/201208040122.html
Video from Kenya on negative Ebola suspect
Ebola watch
Published on Aug 4, 2012 by
http://www.ktnkenya.tv
In the week since Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in its western region, Kenya has registered at least three suspected cases. The ministry of health sought to reassure Kenyans that no case of the deadly virus has been found in the country. It however emerges that the typical symptoms of Ebola mean that Kenyans are on high alert, watching for any outbreak. Are their fears justified?
In the week since Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in its western region, Kenya has registered at least three suspected cases. The ministry of health sought to reassure Kenyans that no case of the deadly virus has been found in the country. It however emerges that the typical symptoms of Ebola mean that Kenyans are on high alert, watching for any outbreak. Are their fears justified?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWtHGicLm4
Kenyans in Migingo fear they could contract Ebola
,,and they should be without strict screening measures..
August 4 2012 at 23:30
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenyans+in+Migingo+fear+they+could+contract+Ebola/-/1056/1471434/-/foayha/-/index.html
PHOTO | FILE | NATION Fishermen in Migingo. Kenyans on the island say the unscreened movement of Ugandans on the island may put them at risk of contracting Ebola.
August 4 2012 at 23:30
Kenyans living on the disputed Migingo Island in Lake Victoria have expressed fears they could contract the highly contagious Ebola virus.
The fishermen and traders said their Ugandan counterparts were trooping to the island in large numbers for fishing activities but were not being screened due to a lack of personnel and equipment on the island.
“We are living in extreme fear of contracting the virus which may sweep us here like bushfire due to the lack of a well-equipped medical facility. What we have is one chemist selling the basic painkillers,” said Mr Tom Jairo, a fisherman...
“We want the government to set up a screening centre in Migingo, complete with staff to take care of out safety,” added another fisherman Mr Malachi Otieno.
Migingo has a population of over 1,000 people working as traders, fishermen and sex workers, and who are mainly Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian.
Even some of the security officers who spoke to the Sunday Nation on of condition of anonymity expressed fears for their safety, saying Ugandans were visiting the island in large numbers daily.
“We are very worried and the work morale has gone low … the government should address our plight,” said one of the officers...
Ebola scare in Murang’a slum as man dies of unknown disease -update
Panic gripped Murang’a on Friday after a man died of an unknown disease that locals suspected could be caused by the deadly Ebola virus.
Villagers of Mjini slum reportedly discovered the 30-year-old man who was said to be from Kitui District.
Witnesses said he was passing blood through the mouth and nostrils before he died..
..He asked the public to stop panicking, saying the issue was under control. The MoH said a treatment note found on the deceased’s clothings indicated he had sought treatment for TB at the Port Lietz Hospital in Mombasa on July 23. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000063387&story_title=Ebola-scare-in-Murang%E2%80%99a-slum-as-man-dies-of-unknown-disease
Villagers of Mjini slum reportedly discovered the 30-year-old man who was said to be from Kitui District.
Witnesses said he was passing blood through the mouth and nostrils before he died..
..He asked the public to stop panicking, saying the issue was under control. The MoH said a treatment note found on the deceased’s clothings indicated he had sought treatment for TB at the Port Lietz Hospital in Mombasa on July 23. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000063387&story_title=Ebola-scare-in-Murang%E2%80%99a-slum-as-man-dies-of-unknown-disease
Canadian Travel Health Notice
The Ministry of Health of Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola haemorraghic fever in the Kibaale District of midwestern Uganda. As of August 1st, a total of 50 cases, including 16 deaths have been reported. The Ministry of Health of Uganda is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support the response operations...
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/thn-csv/ebola-eng.php
No bleeding = not controlled
How can any U.N.or Gov't agency claim Ebola in Uganda is under control? From the beginning
it was thought to be a mysterious disease and may have been floating around for almost a month before officially named to be Ebola Sudan. Is that what it really is? Possibly, but it has mutated somewhat. They just dont wan't to say that very loud.
However it will be said here and now, this strain is diffferent and could not possibly be contained with these type of symptoms..not to mention an escaped prisoner already documented to be showing symptoms.
Notice you aren't hearing about him anymore , and his test results will be quicky announced as negative. This will be a lie at best, as he was already confined with the other prisoners brought in and kept in a ward with many other infected people. Where are all the test results?
EA in panic as Ebola strikes again in Uganda
it was thought to be a mysterious disease and may have been floating around for almost a month before officially named to be Ebola Sudan. Is that what it really is? Possibly, but it has mutated somewhat. They just dont wan't to say that very loud.
However it will be said here and now, this strain is diffferent and could not possibly be contained with these type of symptoms..not to mention an escaped prisoner already documented to be showing symptoms.
Notice you aren't hearing about him anymore , and his test results will be quicky announced as negative. This will be a lie at best, as he was already confined with the other prisoners brought in and kept in a ward with many other infected people. Where are all the test results?
EA in panic as Ebola strikes again in Uganda
Saturday, August 4 2012 at 19:44
Uganda is studying the puzzling behaviour of the Ebola Sudan virus in the latest outbreak that had killed 16 people mid last week
“So far what we see is that it is atypical. Its behaviour is very suspicious,” Dr Anthony Mbonye the Commissioner for Health Services at the Ministry of Health told The EastAfrican, explaining that unlike the typical Sudan strain, victims in the latest suffer fevers without the bleeding normally associated with the virus.
“Thank God we took a sample early because we would be thinking they are suffering from fever yet it is Ebola,” said Mbonye.
The Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola in Kibaale district, about 160km west of Kampala.
Confirmatory test results were done at the Centres for Disease C.. http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/EA+in+panic+as+Ebola+strikes+again+in+Uganda+/-/2558/1471392/-/15qobmx/-/index.html
Muranga ebola scare..possible TB
Video
Last Modified: 4 Aug 2012 15:22
Murang’a district hospital is on high alert after a man was admitted exhibiting symptoms similar to those of ebola. The man later died sparking panic among local residents. Murang’a north medical officer of health ephantus maree has called for calm in the area urging residents to allow medical practitioners to establish what the man was suffering from. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/index.php?videoID=2000059484&video_title=Muranga-ebola-scare.
Last Modified: 4 Aug 2012 15:22
Murang’a district hospital is on high alert after a man was admitted exhibiting symptoms similar to those of ebola. The man later died sparking panic among local residents. Murang’a north medical officer of health ephantus maree has called for calm in the area urging residents to allow medical practitioners to establish what the man was suffering from. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/index.php?videoID=2000059484&video_title=Muranga-ebola-scare.
PEOPLE OF Karagwe fear Ebola into the country ..
Posted by FrancisAyo on August 4th, 2012
The disease is believed to enter the village mentioned in the name of Longo Karagwe district. Citizens have to be scared and be aware ilaum government to refrain from Uganda to avoid the disease. They claim that the negligence that led to AIDS is entering from Uganda.
karipotiwa first patient admitted in the hospital room of Karagwe in Kagera ... the hospital's chief doctor reports!
Information shortly [breaking news] from ITV / Radio One is a child of six years in Karagwe is seen to have all symptoms of Ebola disease. Anavuja blood, ears and nostrils. Also fever. Her mother baby, nurse and child were placed in special care. http://bongolifestyle.com/?p=211#.UB0W2Fgs_r0.twitter
Tanzania 6 year old with symptoms of #Ebola
Incoming Ebola Tanzania 6 year old son lying in a hospital of Karagwe, Kagera region having discerned that serious symptoms of Ebola. http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?m=2
Burundi Government taking measures to counter Ebola virus
Burundi Government taking
measures to counter Ebola virusHEALTH ministry called upon travelers to avoid "close
physical contact" with local people living in endemic
areas and to avoid trips in endemic areas
.
BUJUMBURA (Xinhua) -- Following
the outbreak of the Ebola viral disease in Uganda which has already killed at
least 16 people, Burundi has taken measures to counter the disease by
controlling all movements of people, the Burundian health ministry said on
Friday.
"Training health personnel to use equipment, test and treat people infected with Ebola virus and installing medical teams at the airport of Bujumbura, at various ports and on frontiers to control all movements of people are some of the most urgent moves to be taken," the ministry said in a press release.
Bujumbura-based Prince Regent Charles Hospital has been chosen to
host isolated patients attacked by Ebola.
The press release said Burundi remains free of the epidemic, but
added its spread is possible due to "population mobility" in the east African
region.
The ministry called upon travelers to avoid "close physical
contact" with local people living in endemic areas and to avoid trips in endemic
areas.
The ministry also called on people who display symptoms of Ebola to quickly consult a physician.The population has been recommended to implement individual and collective protection measures such as wearing gloves and washing hands with soap.
The Burundian population is also recommended to avoid shaking
hands and avoid sharing towels and clothes. http://www.coastweek.com/3531_ebola_02.htm
.http://www.coastweek.com/3531_ebola_02.htm
.http://www.coastweek.com/3531_ebola_02.htm
Ebola at large? Prisoner with suspected case escapes Ugandan hospital
Published: 04 August, 2012, 03:
A World Health Organization official has stated that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is now “under control.” However, a prisoner suspected of being infected with the deadly virus managed to escape from a hospital, spurring fears of further contagion.
The inmate’s test results are yet to be determined.
“Should his results come back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry,” Dr. Jackson Amune, a commissioner at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, was quoted by CNN as saying.
The prisoner broke out on Friday night, prompting hospital officials to handcuff the four remaining prisoners to their beds. The prisoners are among the 30 people suspected of carrying Ebola at a hospital in the western town of Kagadi, the center of the outbreak.
“We do expect the number of suspected cases to increase,” Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, a local health officer, noted. “It's important to break transmission and reduce the number of contacts that suspected cases have.”
In the meantime, Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, said the disease was “under control.”
“The structure put in place is more than adequate,” he told reporters in the capital Kampala. “We are isolating the suspected or confirmed cases.”
He went on say that everyone known to have had contact with Ebola victims has been isolated. He also said that Ugandan health officials have written up a so-called “Ebola contact list,” containing the names of 176 people who had even the slightest contact with those infected with Ebola.
Saweka noted the fact that local officials trying to contain the virus were being assisted organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Ebola outbreak was confirmed on July 28, several days EDIT:WEEKS" after villagers in the western district of Kibaale died from it.
The first victim of the virus was a three-month old girl, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement on Wednesday. Fifteen of the 65 people that attended her funeral ended up contracting the disease.
Officials did not respond immediately, as the victims' symptoms were not the usual ones, such as regurgitating blood. The slow response allowed the disease to spread to other villages, as well as the towns of Kagadi and Mulago.
“The doctors in Kibaale say the symptoms were a bit atypical of Ebola,” Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stated in a national address on Monday. “They were not clearly like Ebola symptoms. Because of that delay, the sickness spread to another village.”
Another problem doctors encountered was that many suspected cases refused to go to hospital as they feared they would get infected there. Other suspected Ebola patients, dissatisfied with poor hospital conditions, broke out of their wards to protest the way they were being treated. The Ugandan Ministry of Health also stated that a number of people were refusing treatment “because they believed that the cause of the illness was due to ‘evil spirits.’”
So far, the disease has claimed the lives of at least 16 people http://www.rt.com/news/ebola-uganda-prisoner-hospital-830/
WHO sends team to assist in #Ebola fight
The World Health Organization has sent a team of ten experts to Uganda to help fight the Ebola epidemic.
The WHO Country Representative Dr. Joaquim Saweka says these experts are from USA and Geneva and their major task is to train Ugandan medical personnel on how to handle and treat the epidemic.
He says that by today some of them will be off to Kibaale district to assess the situation on ground.
Saweka has also re-affirmed the organization’s commitment to help the country in times of health disaster and advised government not to restrict movement since World Health Organization is working closely with the ministry of health to control the spread of Ebola. http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/health/who-sends-team-to-assist-in-ebola-fight/26596.aspx
The WHO Country Representative Dr. Joaquim Saweka says these experts are from USA and Geneva and their major task is to train Ugandan medical personnel on how to handle and treat the epidemic.
He says that by today some of them will be off to Kibaale district to assess the situation on ground.
Saweka has also re-affirmed the organization’s commitment to help the country in times of health disaster and advised government not to restrict movement since World Health Organization is working closely with the ministry of health to control the spread of Ebola. http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/health/who-sends-team-to-assist-in-ebola-fight/26596.aspx
#Ebola patient allegedly diagnosed in Kagera
4th August 2012
According to one doctor from the hospital who declined to be named because he is not the authorised spokesperson, doctors at the hospital discovered a patient whose name was not immediately established with all signs of the disease when he went there for treatment on Friday.
The doctor further noted that the patient had travelled from Uganda and had entered into the country via Mulongo border in the western part of Kagera region.
Efforts to contact the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Hussein Mwinyi for more clarification about the matter yesterday bore no fruit as he was not ready to speak about the issue, asking the reporter to call him later. However, when efforts were made to reach him about an hour later his phone was switched off.
However, speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Dr Mwinyi said the government had sent medical experts to the Tanzanian border with Uganda in a quest to contain its spread into the country. The disease is known to have killed 14 victims.
Dr Mwinyi told visibly alarmed legislators that the medical experts who have been dispatched to the border were fully equipped with protective gear, medical supplies and other requisite equipment.
They are also able to identify Ebola virus carriers. The minister advised the public, especially those living in the northern regions of Kagera, Mara, Mwanza and Kigoma, some of which share border crossings with Uganda. http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/?l=44395
Friday, August 3, 2012
#Ebola: Death toll rises to 17
Publish Date: Aug 03, 2012
The death toll is up to 17, and 31 suspected patients admitted
By Conan Businge
ONE more person is suspected to have died of the deadly Ebola virus in Kagadi hospital, while other two patients have been admitted to the hospital’s isolation ward today.
“The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward,” Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale’s district health officer, revealed.
This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa.
Only two patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola. Three others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted.
A total of seven more specimens were on Wednesday picked from the patients admitted at the isolation facility bringing the total number of samples collected since the outbreak to 37, according to Dr. Lwamafa. Results are to be released soon.
The samples are currently being investigated at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe.
The health ministry’s surveillance team in Kibaale district is actively and closely following up to 232 people suspected to have got into contact with the dead and sick. They continue to monitored even though they have not showed any symptoms of the disease yet.
An inter-ministerial committee on Ebola has been formed to coordinate the management of the epidemic.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633727-ebola-death-toll-rises-to-17.html
ONE more person is suspected to have died of the deadly Ebola virus in Kagadi hospital, while other two patients have been admitted to the hospital’s isolation ward today.
“The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward,” Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale’s district health officer, revealed.
This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa.
Only two patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola. Three others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted.
A total of seven more specimens were on Wednesday picked from the patients admitted at the isolation facility bringing the total number of samples collected since the outbreak to 37, according to Dr. Lwamafa. Results are to be released soon.
The samples are currently being investigated at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe.
The health ministry’s surveillance team in Kibaale district is actively and closely following up to 232 people suspected to have got into contact with the dead and sick. They continue to monitored even though they have not showed any symptoms of the disease yet.
An inter-ministerial committee on Ebola has been formed to coordinate the management of the epidemic.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633727-ebola-death-toll-rises-to-17.html
part 4
Several buses ply the Juba-Kampala route daily, and there are also two flights a day from Entebbe to Juba,Sudan http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96011/SOUTH-SUDAN-Preparing-for-Ebola-or-not
Ebola kills 10 in Ntungamo
http://www.weinformers.net/2012/08/02/ebola-kills-10-in-ntungamo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weinformers%2FqOax+%28Uganda+News+%26+Information%29
Permanent secretary Asuman Lukwago said the latest fatality was a case from Luzira, a Kampala suburb, and the patient checked-in with diarrhea and vomiting. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mulago+on+alert+as+Ebola+cases+hit+30/-/688334/1469728/-/ypxhflz/-/index.html
same guy as above
Meanwhile according to Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, the number of patients admitted at
the Kagadi Isolation Facility has risen to 31 and the death toll to 18 people http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/health/government-sends-600-million-shillings-for-ebola-management/26577.aspx
Toll in Uganda's Ebola outbreak rises to 16: WHO http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixqqW0C-4nXDbRyuqqE8kzLcncfw?docId=CNG.2bbaf6b1e340c80d9c43f03c79d67f8d.261
August 3, 2012 -- Updated 1336 GMT (2136 HKT)Kagadi, Uganda (CNN) -- One of five prisoners receiving treatment for a suspected case of Ebola virus in Uganda escaped overnight Friday from the hospital at the center of the outbreak, a health official said. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/03/health/uganda-ebola-virus/index.html
4 under monitoring in Hoima, Kibaale death toll reaches 19 http://www.ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44238#ixzz22Ui6maws
Ebola in Uganda – update3 August 2012 -The Ministry of Health in Uganda has reported a cumulative number of 53 suspected cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever including 16 deaths. http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_08_03/en/index.html
Several buses ply the Juba-Kampala route daily, and there are also two flights a day from Entebbe to Juba,Sudan http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96011/SOUTH-SUDAN-Preparing-for-Ebola-or-not
Ebola kills 10 in Ntungamo
http://www.weinformers.net/2012/08/02/ebola-kills-10-in-ntungamo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weinformers%2FqOax+%28Uganda+News+%26+Information%29
Permanent secretary Asuman Lukwago said the latest fatality was a case from Luzira, a Kampala suburb, and the patient checked-in with diarrhea and vomiting. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mulago+on+alert+as+Ebola+cases+hit+30/-/688334/1469728/-/ypxhflz/-/index.html
same guy as above
Ebola Reaches Kampala – 1 Person
Dead at Mulago Hospital http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/08/ebola-reaches-kampala-1-person-dead-at-mulago-hospital-75725.html
Toll in Uganda's Ebola outbreak rises to 16: WHO http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixqqW0C-4nXDbRyuqqE8kzLcncfw?docId=CNG.2bbaf6b1e340c80d9c43f03c79d67f8d.261
August 3, 2012 -- Updated 1336 GMT (2136 HKT)Kagadi, Uganda (CNN) -- One of five prisoners receiving treatment for a suspected case of Ebola virus in Uganda escaped overnight Friday from the hospital at the center of the outbreak, a health official said. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/03/health/uganda-ebola-virus/index.html
4 under monitoring in Hoima, Kibaale death toll reaches 19 http://www.ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44238#ixzz22Ui6maws
Ebola in Uganda – update3 August 2012 -The Ministry of Health in Uganda has reported a cumulative number of 53 suspected cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever including 16 deaths. http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_08_03/en/index.html
Part 3
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
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
PART 2
Ebola death toll rises to 16
News
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 00:22
in a statement to Parliament, Health Minister Christine Ondoa insisted the situation was under control. http://www.observer.ug/index.php?opt...ews&Itemid=114
The agency says there are 36 suspected cases of the fever in the Kibaale region in western Uganda.
WHO spokesperson in Geneva, Tarik Jasarevic, says the agency is helping the Ugandan government to manage and control the cases of the disease.
"Four cases had been confirmed by lab in the Ugandan Virus Research Institute. Other samples that had been taken proved to be negative. And out of those four confirmed lab cases two have died. There is an isolation ward that has been set up in Kagadi town in Kibaale region and this is where all the suspected cases are currently being treated."
(Duration: 25")http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/en...ola-in-uganda/August 1 2012 at 12:34am
Kampala - Three new cases of the deadly Ebola virus were confirmed on Tuesday in Ugandahttp://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/new-ebola-cases-confirmed-in-uganda-1.1353465
Ebola claims 4 more at Kagadi, Mulago
Publish Date: Aug 01, The patients who died on Monday all from Kibaale were identified as Susan Nabulya from Burunzi village, the first patient to be admitted at Kagadi hospital, five-year-old Nicholas Asingwire (Kenga village), 12-year-old Kato (Nyamarunda village) and Frediano Nsabimaana of Nyamugusa village in Bwamiramira sub-county http://www.newvision.co.ug/article/fullstory.aspx?story_id=633630&catid=10&mid=53&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterKemitumba Mackline is reported to have passed away on Monday July 30thhttp://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633642-Panic-grips-Kanungu-district-as-Ebola-suspect-is-buried.html
News
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 00:22
in a statement to Parliament, Health Minister Christine Ondoa insisted the situation was under control. http://www.observer.ug/index.php?opt...ews&Itemid=114
The agency says there are 36 suspected cases of the fever in the Kibaale region in western Uganda.
WHO spokesperson in Geneva, Tarik Jasarevic, says the agency is helping the Ugandan government to manage and control the cases of the disease.
"Four cases had been confirmed by lab in the Ugandan Virus Research Institute. Other samples that had been taken proved to be negative. And out of those four confirmed lab cases two have died. There is an isolation ward that has been set up in Kagadi town in Kibaale region and this is where all the suspected cases are currently being treated."
(Duration: 25")http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/en...ola-in-uganda/August 1 2012 at 12:34am
Kampala - Three new cases of the deadly Ebola virus were confirmed on Tuesday in Ugandahttp://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/new-ebola-cases-confirmed-in-uganda-1.1353465
Ebola claims 4 more at Kagadi, Mulago
Publish Date: Aug 01, The patients who died on Monday all from Kibaale were identified as Susan Nabulya from Burunzi village, the first patient to be admitted at Kagadi hospital, five-year-old Nicholas Asingwire (Kenga village), 12-year-old Kato (Nyamarunda village) and Frediano Nsabimaana of Nyamugusa village in Bwamiramira sub-county http://www.newvision.co.ug/article/fullstory.aspx?story_id=633630&catid=10&mid=53&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterKemitumba Mackline is reported to have passed away on Monday July 30thhttp://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633642-Panic-grips-Kanungu-district-as-Ebola-suspect-is-buried.html
Vietnam- #H5N1 in two districts of Quang Ninh and Le Thuy
H5N1 avian influenza are published in two districts of Quang Ninh and Le Thuy (Quang Binh), prevention of epidemics in some localities are neglectful
According to our records, the ducks continue to die. At Le Thuy district, after several days hold, his flock of 1,300 NVT (in the neighborhood of 5, An Xa village, Loc Thuy) began to fall ill and die. Remarkably, the prevention and quarantine measures to translate his T., ducks and many other farmers are very subjective. He T. to the dead birds are still common with healthy children. He explained: "I have been fully vaccinated then. They'd just died today it barely picked it. "
It is known that the An Xa village, 10,000 ducks and going on mortality status; local authorities have 970 children organized destruction. Representative leaders said Thuy Loc People's Committee, soon after announced a commune have taken preventive measures and established four checkpoints on the inter-communal roads; each key 2, 24 / 24 hours. However, as we go along the bald fact Lec (where many duck farms) and saw lots of ducks dead body smells rotten floating concentration anonymously. While a few meters, farmers remain indifferent drop ducks eat seaweed. And in four key block key quarantine only saw two people on duty to check, closing the remaining two no one in sight.
According to Nguyen in heaven, Vinh Quang village chiefs (Thuy Son), this time (after harvesting) people see the low-lying villages in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh are many organizations and duck farming continues to status as the risk of spreading disease and very high losses.
According to our records, the ducks continue to die. At Le Thuy district, after several days hold, his flock of 1,300 NVT (in the neighborhood of 5, An Xa village, Loc Thuy) began to fall ill and die. Remarkably, the prevention and quarantine measures to translate his T., ducks and many other farmers are very subjective. He T. to the dead birds are still common with healthy children. He explained: "I have been fully vaccinated then. They'd just died today it barely picked it. "
It is known that the An Xa village, 10,000 ducks and going on mortality status; local authorities have 970 children organized destruction. Representative leaders said Thuy Loc People's Committee, soon after announced a commune have taken preventive measures and established four checkpoints on the inter-communal roads; each key 2, 24 / 24 hours. However, as we go along the bald fact Lec (where many duck farms) and saw lots of ducks dead body smells rotten floating concentration anonymously. While a few meters, farmers remain indifferent drop ducks eat seaweed. And in four key block key quarantine only saw two people on duty to check, closing the remaining two no one in sight.
According to Nguyen in heaven, Vinh Quang village chiefs (Thuy Son), this time (after harvesting) people see the low-lying villages in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh are many organizations and duck farming continues to status as the risk of spreading disease and very high losses.
New pig flu strain can spread at state fairs, CDC warns #H3N2v
ATLANTA — It's the season for state and county fairs, and health officials are reminding fairgoers to be careful around pigs because of a new flu spreading from the animals to people.
Officials say 29 human cases of the new strain of swine
The new flu..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48488574/ns/health-cold_and_flu/
Eight new Ebola cases confirmed in Uganda
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
McKenzieCNNofficials brought prisoner who escaped under armed guard back to #Ebola hospital-realised it wasn't him...and released him
#Ebola virus could spread to Europe, experts say
Source: Večernji list
KAMPALA, ZAGREB -- The deadly Ebola virus, which has been raging through Uganda, could spread to Europe since it recently spread to the country’s capital of Kampala.
Flights connect Kampala with numerous European cities.
Experts warn that it will be enough if only one infected person gets on a plane to Paris or Vienna, Zagreb-based daily Večernji list writes.
Ebola breaks out in Uganda occasionally and the source is infected monkey meat. Outbreaks have never spread outside villages because the entire population would die, in most cases in the first 24 hours, before anyone could reach a bigger town.
However, the situation is somewhat different in a village where the last epidemic broke out ten days ago.
One of the villagers
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=08&dd=03&nav_id=81605
Transmission via infected semen can occur up to seven weeks after clinical recovery
Transmission via infected semen can occur up to seven weeks after clinical
recovery. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/facts.../en/index.html
Some Ugandan Ebola patients likely to survive - doctors
Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:15 GMT
KAMPALA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Some of the 32 Ebola patients in isolation at a government hospital in western Uganda's Kibaale district are responding to treatment and may be discharged soon, a health official said on Friday.
The east African country has been battling an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus which has so far killed 16 people.
Health officer Dan Kyamanywa said on Friday there had been no new deaths in two days.
"There are signs of optimism because a big number of the 32 patients we have in isolation are recovering. In fact 9 of the 32 are doing very well and if they keep their current recovery momentum we might discharge them soon," he said.
There is no cure for Ebola, which is transmitted by body fluids such as saliva, sweat and blood, but doctors can treat symptoms including diarrhoea and vomiting.
Residents in western Uganda say they are too scared to go shopping in local markets for fear of catching the Ebola virus in Kibaale, 170 km (100 miles) west of the capital Kampala.
Kibaale is near the Democratic Republic of Congo where the virus first emerged in 1976, taking its name from the Ebola River.
Tourism Minister Ephraim Kamuntu on Friday acknowledged that the Ebola outbreak was putting off some potential tourists but said Uganda was safe and the outbreak was confined to one district.
In neighbouring Kenya, test results from two suspected cases of Ebola have come back negative, a spokesman for the Public Health Ministry said. (Additional reporting by Drazen Jorgic; Writing by James Macharia; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/some-ugandan-ebola-patients-likely-to-survive-doctors
Ebola Outbreak in Uganda (As of 02 August 2012)
As of 2 August 2012, 53 suspected and confirmed cases, including 16 deaths have been reported in Kibaale district, Uganda. A total of 312 people who came into contact with cases are being followed up. To date, there are no confirmed Ebola cases outside Kibaale district.
The Ministry of Health, Uganda has activated the National Task Force (NTF) that is meeting daily to review progress and also provide daily media briefs. The Kibaale district Ebola Task Force is meeting and has mobilised additional funds and supplies from the district and local NGOs. The neighboring districts are on high alert. The government of Uganda has established a Ministerial Ebola Task Force to oversee the activities of the NTF and spearhead resource mobilization. The National coordinator for the Ebola response has arrived in Kibaale to..
[link to www.afro.who.int]
Not very clear are we?? 53 SUSPECTED? OR 53 CONFIRMED? or is it still 5 confirmed. We aren't talking about reg Sudan Strain Ebola are we??
I don't believe they dont have full containment at all #Ebola
I don't believe they dont have full containment at all. Clinton is there, people are still coming in,or still hiding, or escaping. WHO are notorius liars as is the MOH from anywhere in that region..or earth for that matter. WHO is run by China don't cha know..and got their hands all up in some Africa.
The original story had 12 people sick and dying from an unknown disease, 1 month ago.. now in less than a week, it was confirmed ebola, and is contained?? Possibly a mutated strain as in not showing bloody symptoms as much, even though I think they eventually show up. A month of people dying and only 14, 16 or 19 dead?? Give me a fuckin break. More than 1 month of ebola and you got only 20 dead?? And only say they have only 16 dead?? That sure is some WEAK ASS EBOLA!
..The Director General of Health Services Dr. D.K.W Lwamafa says surveillance reports from the investigations undertaken by the Ministry of Health, the district and international partners indicate that 21 people have been affected with 13 deaths since June 21..
http://www.chimpreports.com/index.php/people/health/5213-health-officials-rush-to-kibaale-as-strange-disease-kills-13.html
The original story had 12 people sick and dying from an unknown disease, 1 month ago.. now in less than a week, it was confirmed ebola, and is contained?? Possibly a mutated strain as in not showing bloody symptoms as much, even though I think they eventually show up. A month of people dying and only 14, 16 or 19 dead?? Give me a fuckin break. More than 1 month of ebola and you got only 20 dead?? And only say they have only 16 dead?? That sure is some WEAK ASS EBOLA!
..The Director General of Health Services Dr. D.K.W Lwamafa says surveillance reports from the investigations undertaken by the Ministry of Health, the district and international partners indicate that 21 people have been affected with 13 deaths since June 21..
http://www.chimpreports.com/index.php/people/health/5213-health-officials-rush-to-kibaale-as-strange-disease-kills-13.html
Uganda: Ebola emergency - interview from the frontline
Date Published: 03/08/2012 03:08
Henry Gray, MSF’s logistics emergency coordinator for the ebola outbreak in Uganda, describes his team’s preparations to care for fearful patients and their families, and to help prevent the disease from spreading.
http://www.msf.org.uk/Uganda_Ebola_Emergency_MSF_20120803.news
http://www.msf.org.uk/Uganda_Ebola_Emergency_MSF_20120803.news
When is an #EBOLA outbreak considered 'finished'?
The incubation period for Ebola is two to 21 days, according to the WHO. Health officials tell CNN an outbreak is considered to be over following two incubation periods after the last person becomes ill - a total of 42 days.
EDC RAPID RISK ASSESSMENT
Hat tip CrofsblogRAPID RISK ASSESSMENT
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/TER-020812-RRA-Ebola-Uganda.pdf
Ebola: Death toll rises to 17
Publish Date: Aug 03, 2012
- The death toll is up to 17, and 31 suspected patients admitted
ONE more person is suspected to have died of the deadly Ebola virus in Kagadi
hospital, while other two patients have been admitted to the hospital’s
isolation ward today.
“The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward,” Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale’s district health officer, revealed.
This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa.
Only two patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola. Three others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted.
A total of seven more specimens were on Wednesday picked from the patients admitted at the isolation facility bringing the total number of samples collected since the outbreak to 37, according to Dr. Lwamafa. Results are to be released soon.
The samples are currently being investigated at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe.
The health ministry’s surveillance team in Kibaale district is actively and closely following up to 232 people suspected to have got into contact with the dead and sick. They continue to monitored even though they have not showed any symptoms of the disease yet.
More so, in Kibaale district, one of the prisoners, who had been admitted in the isolation ward, escaped and is yet to be found.
An inter-ministerial committee on Ebola has been formed to coordinate the management of the epidemic.http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633727-ebola-death-toll-rises-to-17.html
“The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward,” Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale’s district health officer, revealed.
This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa.
Only two patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola. Three others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted.
A total of seven more specimens were on Wednesday picked from the patients admitted at the isolation facility bringing the total number of samples collected since the outbreak to 37, according to Dr. Lwamafa. Results are to be released soon.
The samples are currently being investigated at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe.
The health ministry’s surveillance team in Kibaale district is actively and closely following up to 232 people suspected to have got into contact with the dead and sick. They continue to monitored even though they have not showed any symptoms of the disease yet.
More so, in Kibaale district, one of the prisoners, who had been admitted in the isolation ward, escaped and is yet to be found.
An inter-ministerial committee on Ebola has been formed to coordinate the management of the epidemic.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633727-ebola-death-toll-rises-to-17.html
Business as Usual in Kampala Despite Ebola Scare
Residents of Kampala city have continued to conduct their daily activities, others with no precaution despite the announcement of an outbreak of Ebola in parts of Uganda and in the city itself.
Read more: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44209#ixzz22UjWm7RH
Read more: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44209#ixzz22UjWm7RH
Ebola: 4 under monitoring in Hoima, Kibaale death toll reaches 19
Doctor Dan Kyamanywa, the Kibaale district Health officer, says the man whose identity he did not reveal, died on arrival at the hospital on Thursday night. He was the 33rd patient to be admitted at the hospital’s Ebola isolation ward.
Read more: http://www.ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44238#ixzz22Ui6maws
Media Advisory CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus
From Flutrackers.com
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Friday, August 3, 2012
Contact: CDC Division of News & Electronic Media
(404) 639-3286
CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus
WHAT: CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant (“H3N2v”) virus situation. A number of additional cases of human infection with H3N2v virus have been confirmed in the United States and are being reported on Friday. To date, all of the cases reported involved recent contact with pigs at agricultural fairs.
WHO: Joseph Bresee, M.D., Influenza Division, CDC
Lisa Ferguson, D.V.M., National Animal Health Policy Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
WHEN: Friday, August 3, 2012 at Noon (ET)
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Friday, August 3, 2012
Contact: CDC Division of News & Electronic Media
(404) 639-3286
CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus
WHAT: CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant (“H3N2v”) virus situation. A number of additional cases of human infection with H3N2v virus have been confirmed in the United States and are being reported on Friday. To date, all of the cases reported involved recent contact with pigs at agricultural fairs.
WHO: Joseph Bresee, M.D., Influenza Division, CDC
Lisa Ferguson, D.V.M., National Animal Health Policy Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
WHEN: Friday, August 3, 2012 at Noon (ET)
Prisoner with suspected case of #Ebola escapes from hospital in Uganda
From David McKenzie, CNN
August 3, 2012 -- Updated 1336 GMT (2136 HKT)
Kagadi,
Uganda (CNN)
-- One of five prisoners receiving treatment for a
suspected case of Ebola virus in Uganda escaped overnight Friday from the
hospital at the center of the outbreak, a health official
said.
"Should his results come
back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry. So right now, we have
resolved that the remaining prisoners will be cuffed on the beds for fear that
they might also escape," said Dr. Jackson Amune, commissioner at the
Ministry of Health.
The inmates from Kibaale
prison are among 30 people at Kagadi hospital with suspected cases of the virus.
Two additional patients have confirmed cases, according to Doctors Without
Borders.
The prisoners have been
showing Ebola-like symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea and fever, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa
said Thursday.
"We do expect the number of
suspected cases to increase," Kyamanywa said. "It's important to break
transmission and reduce the number of contacts that suspected cases have."
Many patients fled Kagadi
hospital when Ebola was confirmed, he said, and the facility is struggling to
respond to all the call-outs to suspected cases.
The outbreak began in the Kibaale
district in western Uganda with 53 confirmed cases. At
least 16 people have died. An additional 312 people have suspected cases of the
virus and have been isolated, pending further testing.
The deaths have stoked heightened
fear of the virus, a highly infectious, often fatal agent spread through direct
contact with bodily fluids. Symptoms can include fever, vomiting, diarrhea,
abdominal pain, headache, a measles-like rash, red eyes and, at times, bleeding
from body openings.
"I would like to stress that the
disease is under control," said Joaquim Saweka, the World Health
Organization representative to Uganda.
Health officials urged the
public to report any suspected cases, to avoid contact with anyone infected and
to wear gloves and masks while disinfecting bedding and clothing of infected
people. Officials also advised avoiding public gatherings in the affected
district.
...Meanwhile, officials in Kenya
were taking extra precautions after at least two patients showed symptoms of the
virus, according to Jackstone Omoto, a medical official in Siaya, western Kenya.
One man tested negative. A second man and two relatives have been isolated at
the Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital in Eldoret, pending test results. The
man was traveling from South Sudan to Kenya through Uganda.
"We are tracing the bus
that he (traveled on), and we have requested the company to contact the ministry
so we can know who else was in the bus," said Beth Mugo, public health
minister.
One suspected #Ebola death reported in Mt. Elgon District
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Written by Phanice Chepkemoi 2012-08-03 11:32:00 |
| A seven year old child, suspected to have died of
the Ebola virus has been reported at Kapsokwony District Hospital of Mt.
Elgon District. According to the Medical Superintendant of the hospital Achieyenza Shikunzi, the child was having diarrhea with blood stains. He said the child was brought to the hospital at 11:00 am Thursday and died at around noon, but he has assured the residents that everything is in control because the child had been sick for a long time before being brought there. He disclosed that samples have been taken to KEMRI for tests for verification. Similarly, a Middle aged man has been put into an isolation ward after he was admitted at Moi Teaching and Referral hospital in Eldoret with the signs and symptoms of Ebola. http://westfm.co.ke/mobile/index.php?page=news&id=6321#.UBuNCUpBwWo.twitter |
Ebola Reaches Kampala – 1 Person Dead at Mulago Hospital
Posted by Sandra Birungi on August 3, 2012
The Ebola virus has reached Kampala with one person dead at Mulago hospital with Ebola related signs.
According to the Permanent Secretary Asuman Lukwago, the newest case of Ebola has been registered coming from Luzira, a Kampala suburb with the patient checking in with diarrhea and vomiting.
“The relatives wanted to take the body but we stopped them because we have sent samples to Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe to establish if he died of Ebola or some other infection.”
Twelve new cases have been registered at Kagadi hospital in Kibaale district .
According to the Daily Monitor, there were unconfirmed reports that
Mulago was handling 8 suspected Ebola cases following the death last month at
the facility of a clinical officer referred from Kibaale.
There is now an isolation center at the hospital. Acting Director General of
Health Services, Dr Dennis Lwamafa, said: “The Ministry of Health response teams
in Kampala are on the alert to respond to any suspected cases in and around
Kampala.”
232 people are on the list of being followed up concerning the virus.http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/08/ebola-reaches-kampala-1-person-dead-at-mulago-hospital-75725.html
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Ebola: The fatal costs of a slow response
Friday, August 3 2012 at 01:00
One month after the death of the first Ebola victim at Kagadi Hospital – an infant whose family would lose nine members in all – the country’s hub for containing the deadly virus is still struggling to cope.
“The facilities are not okay,” says Steven Byaruhanga, the chairperson of the
district Ebola taskforce. “The incinerators we don’t have… electricity
is on and off, the pump for water is not functioning, the sewer system is also
broken down, there’s so many problems.”
Patients at the hospital reportedly rioted on Tuesday, protesting the lack of
food and clean water, while vehicles provided by the Ministry of Health sat idle
for lack of fuel.
“There are so many cases reported but we could not move because there was no
fuel,” Byaruhanga said.
“If we could get it, it could make the work so easy.”
No resources
Resources have been coming in piecemeal. According to Byaruhanga, World Vision this week donated 400 litres of fuel to fill in the gap, while Centres for Disease Control and the Red Cross have brought in thousands of protective suits. But as reports of suspected cases continue to increase into the district’s sub counties, a lack of the disposable wear has hindered containment efforts.
Resources have been coming in piecemeal. According to Byaruhanga, World Vision this week donated 400 litres of fuel to fill in the gap, while Centres for Disease Control and the Red Cross have brought in thousands of protective suits. But as reports of suspected cases continue to increase into the district’s sub counties, a lack of the disposable wear has hindered containment efforts.
“At sub county health centres, we are getting reports that they are
shying away from handling patients because they don’t have protective gear,”
Byaruhanga said.
As of July 31, the ministry reported two new deaths for a suspected total of
16 people to have died from the fatal Sudan strain, diagnosed by the Uganda
Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe. The ministry said it is following up
176 people in total, to monitor for telltale symptoms of fever, vomiting,
diarrhoea, severe blood loss and intense fatigue.
Meanwhile, traumatised health workers are being fast outpaced by what
is being asked of them. Though they have been boosted by 100 Red Cross
volunteers, MSF, CDC and WHO technical support, local NGOs and even private
support, Byaruhanga says morale is low.
“Some of them are demoralised, others are stigmatised because their
colleague has passed away,” he said. “They need at least some motivation, like
some money to eat lunch.”
The district Ebola taskforce met on July 30, two days after the outbreak was
publicly announced by the ministry, and came up with an emergency response plan,
which Byaruhanga says asks for more than Shs800m to tackle the
outbreak.
According to health ministry permanent secretary Asuman Lukwago, that budget
is being considered by cabinet and the national taskforce chaired by Director of
Health Services Jane Acheng, who assesses field needs daily.
“We are mobiliing funds,” Lukwago said. “We have money in our budget for
emergencies.”
The ministry’s top bureaucrat says the financial year, which began in July,
has opened up a Shs2.5b reserve fund which can be fronted by National Medical
Stores to stem the crisis.
One outbreak to the next
The last Ebola scare was quickly contained, and the sole confirmed case of a 12-year-old girl dying in Luwero district, only 75km from the capital, did not spread.
The last Ebola scare was quickly contained, and the sole confirmed case of a 12-year-old girl dying in Luwero district, only 75km from the capital, did not spread.
When a Kagadi health worker was transferred and died at Mulago Hospital one
week before the outbreak was even announced, officials there had no idea that
Ebola was even a worry, Byaruhanga said.
But according to the ministry, the seven remaining
health workers being observed there under isolation have not presented with any
symptoms, and no new cases reported in the capital.
This delay was due in large part to the family’s spiritual beliefs.
“Losing three people in a day, people would think it is something strange and
not normal, so they said this was because of the witch doctors,” Byaruhanga
said.
“Actually, it blindfolded other research that would have taken place.”.. http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Ebola++The+fatal+costs+of+a+slow+response/-/691232/1469922/-/item/1/-/jhjm3bz/-/index.html
Posted Friday, August 3 2012
at 01:00
I hail from Kagadi town council in Kibaale District. My home is about
a kilometre away from Kagadi Hospital where more than 20 Ebola patients have
been quarantined. Before I rise up from bed every morning, I have to
call my parents and relatives to ascertain whether they are fine. They live in
one of the areas where Ebola cases have been confirmed.
“I’m fine my son. But we are worried. We need your prayers,” my mother
says.
Even in Hoima where I am based, I don’t feel safe simply because people
travel regularly from Kibaale to Hoima and vice versa. The highly
contagious disease which started from Nyanswiga village in Nyamarunda Sub County
has since spread to other sub counties of Muhorro, Bwikara, Burora, Kagadi,
Kyaterekera and Mugarama.
However, schools in Bugangaizi east and Bugangaizi west counties where Ebola cases are yet to be reported, continue to operate although with low pupil turn up. People however continue to attend prayers, village meetings and other social gatherings. The district health officer, Dr Dan Kyamanywa says the public is being sensitised to among others avoid social gatherings, improve on the nutrition, and improve personal and household hygiene as well as to avoid shaking hands.http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Living+in+an+Ebola+hit+area/-/691232/1469926/-/3nfliiz/-/index.html
The outbreak has seen changes in the social activities of the area. Travel in
the area is mainly by taxis which are often overloaded but this is no more.
There are fewer taxis are on the road. The main means of transport now are boda
bodas.
“Taxis these days do not stop to pick any passenger in our sub
county. We now have to use either bicycles or motorcycles,” Robert Kyamanywa,
the Chief Executive Director of Rural People in Action for Development who has
shifted his family from the sub county to his ancestral home in Birembo Sub
County, said. Those who prefer drinking locally brewed alcohol, kwete
and amarwa usually do so in pots and friends converge to sip it using local
drinking tubes (locally called telephoning) but this has ceased for fear of
contracting the disease....
Kibaale District chairman, George Namyaka has indefinitely banned
markets as a precaution to minimise more infections. The district has also
indefinitely closed schools in the counties of Buyaga east, Buyaga west and
Buyanja. The district education officer, John Kyaboona said the closure
is a precautionary measure to prevent a possibility of massive infections given
the fact that Ebola is highly infectious. He said over 220 private and
government aided primary and secondary schools will remain closed until advised
otherwise by health experts.
However, schools in Bugangaizi east and Bugangaizi west counties where Ebola cases are yet to be reported, continue to operate although with low pupil turn up. People however continue to attend prayers, village meetings and other social gatherings. The district health officer, Dr Dan Kyamanywa says the public is being sensitised to among others avoid social gatherings, improve on the nutrition, and improve personal and household hygiene as well as to avoid shaking hands.http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Living+in+an+Ebola+hit+area/-/691232/1469926/-/3nfliiz/-/index.html
Mulago on alert as Ebola cases hit 30
Friday, August 3 2012 at 01:00
One person yesterday died of suspected Ebola at Mulago Hospital as 12 new cases of the haemorrhagic fever were registered at Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale District, health officials confirmed last night.
Permanent secretary Asuman Lukwago said the latest fatality was a case from Luzira, a Kampala suburb, and the patient checked-in with diarrhea and vomiting.
“The relatives wanted to take the body but we stopped them because we have sent samples to Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe to establish if he died of Ebola or some other infection.”
This development came amidst unconfirmed reports that the national referral
hospital was separately handling eight suspected Ebola cases following the death
last month at the facility of a clinical officer referred from
Kibaale.
Last evening, when Daily Monitor visited, hospital staff were erecting an
isolation centre at the former cholera treatment just outside the fence of new
Mulago to handle suspected cases. In a statement issued yesterday, the acting
Director General of Health Services, Dr Dennis Lwamafa, said: “The Ministry of
Health response teams in Kampala are on the alert to respond to any suspected
cases in and around Kampala.”http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mulago+on+alert+as+Ebola+cases+hit+30/-/688334/1469728/-/ypxhflz/-/index.html
Kenya Airports agency issues new rules to check #Ebola spread
Airports agency issues new rules to check Ebola spread 
Posted Thursday, August 2 2012 at 21:00
File | NATION Travellers from Uganda undergo
Ebola screening at Busia border point. Kenya Airports Authority have issued
guidelines for airlines operating from Uganda to curb Ebola spread.
Posted Thursday, August 2 2012 at 21:00
In Summary
- Flights from Uganda expected to report suspected cases on board for emergency evacuation
Airport authorities have prepared guidelines for airlines operating flights
from Uganda to Kenya to ensure no Ebola cases enter the country.
These are part of measures taken to ensure that the deadly disease, which was
first detected in Kabaale district in Uganda, does not spread to
Kenya.
Kenya Airports Authority public health officer Mohammed Duba said
scheduled and chartered flights arriving from Uganda were expected to report
suspected cases on board so that emergency evacuation could be
arranged.
“We have issued memos to airlines with flights from Uganda to Nairobi
advising the crew on what steps to take in case there are any suspected cases on
board,” he said.
At the JKIA, an isolation facility has been set up and an emergency
exit prepared to evacuate visitors suspected to have contracted the disease that
has so far claimed 15 lives since it was first detected two weeks ago.
Other measures contained in the memo include a directive to have
precautionary equipment aboard flights and also prepare a locator card, which
entails filling in the names of two passengers sitting at the front, back and
sideways of a suspected case, which are then monitored on entering the
country.
...A suspected case in Siaya on Monday was cleared yesterday following
tests at Kemri, which came out negative. The man is said to have eaten
contaminated meat from a goat that had been rescued from a
python.
Separately, panic gripped Eldoret’s Moi Teaching and Referral
Hospital on Thursday morning after a patient exhibiting symptoms of Ebola sought
treatment.
Acting director John Kibosia said the patient had fever and traces of
blood in his urine and stool.
“The patient had clear symptoms of the haemorrhagic fever. We are
still treating it as a suspected case but we have isolated the patient in a
special wing to ensure that he doesn’t get in contact with others,” said Dr
Kibosia.
According to the relatives, the 20-year-old man had recently travelled to
Juba through Uganda.http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Airports+agency+issues+new+rules+to+check+Ebola+spread+/-/1056/1469828/-/eqx6vrz/-/index.html
Ebola kills 10 in Ntungamo
Grief has befallen on the people of Ntungamo in Western Uganda
following an outbreak of Ebola in in Kibutamo LCI in Ntungamo
District.
The reports from this district indicate that over 10 people have died of suspected Ebola and over 35 others are admitted at the different health centres in the district. The dead include Benon Rumanzi, 45, Kenneth Kwoshaba 22, Faraziya Katayomba, 93, Geoffrey Turyahebwa, 21, Eliphaz Tayebwa, and Jovance Katongana, 42.
The relatives of the deceased persons told Ntungamo district health officials that the deceased vomited and complained of headache, fever and too much heat before their death.
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The reports from this district indicate that over 10 people have died of suspected Ebola and over 35 others are admitted at the different health centres in the district. The dead include Benon Rumanzi, 45, Kenneth Kwoshaba 22, Faraziya Katayomba, 93, Geoffrey Turyahebwa, 21, Eliphaz Tayebwa, and Jovance Katongana, 42.
The relatives of the deceased persons told Ntungamo district health officials that the deceased vomited and complained of headache, fever and too much heat before their death.
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UGANDA: Containment worries as #Ebola numbers rise
KAMPALA, 2 August 2012 (IRIN) - Health officials in Uganda's western Kibaale District are struggling to deal with an outbreak of Ebola, as the number of suspected cases stretches local health systems.
The Ugandan government has so far reported 16 suspected Ebola deaths; four have been confirmed by testing carried out at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe. The Ministry reports another 22 suspected cases, all in Kibaale District.
According to the Kibaale District Ebola Taskforce (KDET), reports of possible Ebola cases in the west continue to rise: health officials reported that they were following up on 176 people thought to have been in contact with infected patients on 31 July, up from 40 suspected contacts the day before. The disease is transmitted through direct contact with an infected person or their body fluids such as blood and sweat.
Meanwhile, a shortage of trained health workers has affected containment efforts; just 56 percent of health worker positions in the country's public health sector are filled.
Burials in the affected communities have been taken over by KDET, whom the ministry has supplied with vehicles, though there have been delays in providing them with fuel. The ministry has also set up a telephone hotline for citizens to report suspected cases.
Though these efforts have been boosted by the Uganda Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the US Centres for Disease Control, the UN World Health Organization and others, KDET chairperson Steven Byaruhanga said suspected cases are quickly outpacing relief efforts.
"At sub-county health centres, we are getting reports that they are shying away from handling patients because they don't have protective gear," he said.
According to Byaruhanga, the district is asking for the equivalent of US$334,000 to upgrade Kagadi Hospital - the centre of the outbreak - to increase awareness messages and to support traumatized health workers.
"Some of them are demoralized, others are stigmatized because their colleague has passed away," he said. "They need at least some motivation."
Dilapidated
Byaruhanga said the facility was already dilapidated when the outbreak began, citing an irregular water supply and electricity, a broken sewer system and no medical incinerator.
Local media reports this week said patients at the hospital had protested about the lack of food and water, and wanted to leave.
The Ministry of Health is requesting emergency supplies from the Prime Minister’s Office - responsible for disaster preparedness - as well as support from developing partners such as MSF, who are helping to build isolation centres.
On top of that, the ministry has access to a 2.5 billion Uganda shilling ($1 million) reserve fund for emergencies, according to its permanent secretary, Asuman Lukwago. "We can frontload that money and use it early," Lukwago said.
The outbreak was reported by the government on 28 July, but the first case is thought to have appeared weeks earlier.
The death of a clinical officer from Kagadi in Kibaale District who was taken to Mulago Hospital in the capital, Kampala, sparked fears of an outbreak in the city, but health officials say seven health workers being held in isolation at the hospital have not shown any symptoms, 11 days after their potential exposure. By 1 August, no further cases had been reported in the capital.
Delayed response
The nearly month-long delay in identifying the current outbreak was in part due to the spiritual beliefs of the community. According to Byaruhanga, the virus wiped out nine members of one family, who believed they were "cursed". He added that the delay also erased any real hope of tracing the source of infection.
"It blindfolded other research that would have taken place," he said.
The UN World Health Organization has identified the strain in Kibaale as Ebola-Sudan, the same strain responsible for some 425 infections and 224 deaths in Uganda in 2000-2001 and one death in 2011; another strain, Ebola-Bundibugyo - named after a western Ugandan district - killed some 42 people in the country in 2007-2008.
Byaruhanga also said 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...a-numbers-rise
Kenya: Border Screening for #Ebola Faces Major Challenges
2 August 2012
THE 24-hour screening of travellers from Uganda at the Malaba border frontier office for Ebola is being hampered by language barrier.
Public health officer Charles Magomere said most travellers from DR Congo and Ethiopia cannot communicate in either English or Kiswahili.
Magomere said lack of French or Arabic translators is a major impediment in their efforts to communicate with them.
Senior immigrations officer, Wilfred Chepkole said tough measures have been put in place to ensure that the country is free from the deadly Ebola.
Chepkole said they are only carrying visual screening by looking out for the signs and symptoms of Ebola.
Border residents have expressed fears that they are seating on a time bomb since no adequate measures have been put in place should one visitor test positive for Ebola.
They said Public Health personnel have not been equipped with protective gear yet they come into direct contact with travellers.
More than 300 people have been screened since July 28.
However, lack of personnel at the frontier office is slowing down the exercise.
Only three PHOs have been deployed in shifts to screen travellers.
The three can barely manage the large number of people coming in through the border.
Medical Officer of Health Dr Melisa Lutomia said the number of medical staff has been increased to enable them operate in both day and night shifts.
"We do not want to take chances as Ebola is a deadly disease. The frontier office must therefore enhance screening of travellers entering Kenya," Lutomia said.
She added that all health facilities in the district have been put on high alert and advised to be highly suspicious in cases where patients display signs and symptoms similar to those of Ebola.
Lutomia said they will teach health care workers and the community the signs and symptoms of Ebola.
She said this will enable them report any suspicious case on time.
She the public to avoid shaking hands and handling other people's blood and bodily fluids +ttp://allafrica.com/stories/201208021269.html
THE 24-hour screening of travellers from Uganda at the Malaba border frontier office for Ebola is being hampered by language barrier.
Public health officer Charles Magomere said most travellers from DR Congo and Ethiopia cannot communicate in either English or Kiswahili.
Magomere said lack of French or Arabic translators is a major impediment in their efforts to communicate with them.
Senior immigrations officer, Wilfred Chepkole said tough measures have been put in place to ensure that the country is free from the deadly Ebola.
Chepkole said they are only carrying visual screening by looking out for the signs and symptoms of Ebola.
Border residents have expressed fears that they are seating on a time bomb since no adequate measures have been put in place should one visitor test positive for Ebola.
They said Public Health personnel have not been equipped with protective gear yet they come into direct contact with travellers.
More than 300 people have been screened since July 28.
However, lack of personnel at the frontier office is slowing down the exercise.
Only three PHOs have been deployed in shifts to screen travellers.
The three can barely manage the large number of people coming in through the border.
Medical Officer of Health Dr Melisa Lutomia said the number of medical staff has been increased to enable them operate in both day and night shifts.
"We do not want to take chances as Ebola is a deadly disease. The frontier office must therefore enhance screening of travellers entering Kenya," Lutomia said.
She added that all health facilities in the district have been put on high alert and advised to be highly suspicious in cases where patients display signs and symptoms similar to those of Ebola.
Lutomia said they will teach health care workers and the community the signs and symptoms of Ebola.
She said this will enable them report any suspicious case on time.
She the public to avoid shaking hands and handling other people's blood and bodily fluids +ttp://allafrica.com/stories/201208021269.html
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