Tag: uganda
Africa CDC: Uganda’s Ebola outbreak coming under control
Members of Doctors Without Borders NGO set up an Ebola treatment isolation unit at the Mubende regional referral hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was coming under control, as it had been 39 days since the […]
Uganda’s president extends Ebola epicenter’s quarantine for 21 days
Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda, Sept 29, 2022. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicenter of the country's Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding that his government's response to the […]
Official: Uganda recording downward trend in Ebola cases
Members of the Ugandan Medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit stand inside the ward in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – Uganda has recorded a drop in the number of new Ebola cases, with some districts going for at […]
WHO chief says Ebola spread in Uganda a matter of concern
Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda, Sept 29, 2022. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan strain of Ebola now circulating being similar to malaria. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – […]
First health worker killed in latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda
Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda, Sept 29, 2022. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan strain of Ebola now circulating being similar to malaria. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – […]