Uganda’s ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included “high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in breathing” and “bleeding from multiple body sites”. He died of multi-organ failure on Wednesday at Mulango National … Read more
What is Ebola virus disease? Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare but serious disease caused by infection by the Ebola virus. There are five known strains of the virus. Four of them affect people. One affects only nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees) and pigs. EVD was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola … Read more
The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Health Organization says that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western … Read more
CNN — Ugandan authorities have officially declared the end of a recent Ebola outbreak after 42 consecutive days with no new cases. A formal declaration was made during a televised ceremony held in the central Mubende district, the epicenter of the outbreak, on Wednesday. According to the World Health Organisation, an Ebola outbreak is over … Read more
Although it is more deadly, Ebola is much less infectious than coronavirus since it does not spread via airborne transmission. It spreads between humans by direct contact with contaminated bodily fluids – blood, saliva, vomit, semen, vaginal discharge, urine, faeces and sweat. Source link
Nineteen people have now died in this outbreak but there are no other recorded cases in Kampala. Source link
There is no vaccine for the Sudanese strain of Ebola, which mainly spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person There is no vaccine for the Sudanese strain of Ebola, which mainly spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola … Read more
It is proving more difficult to deal with as vaccines are not available for a rare strain of the virus. Source link
Trainee nurses, pharmacists and doctors at a Ugandan hospital fear their lives are being put at risk. Source link
Aug. 13, 2021 — A virus known as “Ebola’s deadly cousin” has been spotted for the first time in West Africa. The Marburg virus, which causes a severe disease that is in the same virus family that causes Ebola, has been identified in southwest Guinea near the borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia, according … Read more