The Uganda medical community is up in arms against a new cluster of Ebola cases that have emerged in Uganda.
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reported that efforts in monitoring and contact-tracing measures were being intensified to contain the spread of the viral disease.
In January, Uganda declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January in the capital Kampala after the death of a male nurse at the East African country’s sole national referral hospital for Ebola cases.
A second Ebola patient a – four year old – died as the World Health Organization said on Saturday, citing the country’s health ministry.
Africa CDC official Ngashi Ngongo told reporters that since the last briefing on Thursday a new cluster with three confirmed and two probable cases had been detected, in two new districts, and that Overall, Uganda has recorded 14 cases and two deaths since the start of the outbreak, according to Africa CDC.
“Ebola in Uganda is a very important challenge, especially the resurgence of these cases. However, I think everything is being done in the country to intensify the monitoring,” Ngongo said told the briefing.
Ebola symptoms include fever, headache and muscle pains. The virus is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids and tissue.
Uganda last suffered an outbreak in late 2022 which killed 55 of the 143 people infected. That outbreak was declared over in 2023.
