All posts tagged "Ebola in Uganda"
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1.1KBreakingJinja under Ebola scare as man dies of disease-like symptoms in Buwenge
Mutebe’s body, which had blood spills in his eyes, mouth, nose, and ears, was left in the open for fear of spreading...
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1.1KBig StoryBIG STORY: How shs 292bn was spent on Ebola in three months
A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that a total of $80 million (about Shs292,188,191,440), was spent in tackling...
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533News23 contract Ebola after exhuming dead body
Additionally, officials say at least 546 contacts have been traced out of that burial and are currently being monitored to establish if...
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683NationalGov’t considers early closure of schools over Ebola
The Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng while appearing on NTV yesterday said schools are difficult areas to deal with in implementing...
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468NationalEBOLA: Gov’t suspends school visitations, leavers parties with immediate effect
The ministry asked the management of all learning institutions to take extra care to ensure effective infection prevention by strictly observing and...
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500NationalGov’t bans Ebola contacts from local & international travel for 21 Days
Dr Olaro noted that the contact list will be regularly shared with the immigration and border control authorities, in compliance with IHR...
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489NationalGovt following up on 300 Ebola contacts in Kampala
Dr Mwebesa in a Tuesday press briefing further revealed that said the ministry is considering opening up more isolation centres in Kampala...
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Ebola cases rise to 14 in Kampala with 9 new patients
Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng confirmed the development in a Tweet on Monday morning saying the nine new cases under quarantine...
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1.3KJust InEBOLA: Museveni puts Kampala on high alert after two cases escape from Mubende
KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Museveni has directed relevant health authorities in Kampala to fully mobilize the city after confirmation that two Ebola cases...
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1.3KBreakingSAD: Ebola kills another Ugandan health worker in Mubende
Dr. Walugembe becomes the fifth health worker to die from Ebola in a space of less than a month as the country...
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761Just InPresident Museveni To Address the Nation on Ebola Today
Saturday's address is the second time in three days the President is giving an update on Ebola, the last being Wednesday in...
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482NewsWHO says clinical trials soon for Ebola virus in Uganda
Kampala last month announced Uganda's first fatality from the highly contagious disease since 2019, with a statement issued by the WHO saying...
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Govt confirms death of Ebola patient in Kampala ahead of Museveni’s address
Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng explained that the patient presented symptoms of profuse diarrhea, vomiting blood, anorexia and confusion.
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Museveni to address Ugandans again as Ebola cases spike
Museveni's address comes after the ministry of health Monday announced that Uganda had registered four new cases of Ebola bring the total...
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Nebbi records suspected Ebola case after patient dies on return from DR Congo
According to Dr Justine Okwairwoth, the Nebbi District Health Officer (DHO); samples of the suspected case have been sent to the laboratory...
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801Big StoryMUBENDE: Six health workers get Ebola amid lack of PPE gear
The EVD taskforce in Mubende District, the epicentre of the outbreak said the health workers caught the infectious disease from patients.
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540NationalEBOLA: Health officials break silence on suspected cases in Kampala
Officials explained that one of the suspected patients from Kansanga died last Friday and the sample was taken to Uganda Virus Research...
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1.1KJust InMuseveni to address the nation on Ebola as deaths hit 23
Museveni's address comes when Ebola has hit a spike in infection cases and deaths, with figures by Tuesday morning putting deaths (both...
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MUBENDE: 34 Ebola doctors declare strike over lack of protective gear
One of the doctors approached for a comment said that the management led by hospital Director Dr Emmanuel Batibwe is now using...
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932Just InUganda records 3 new Ebola deaths as cases spike to 11
According to Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, all new cases and deaths happened in Mubende where the first case was reported on Tuesday.