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
Uganda’s deputy chief justice and head of the court Buteera (C), with other five judges, delivers a judgment on the consolidated petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Kampala on April 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated … Read more
An international watchdog said Friday that it was removing the United Arab Emirates from its so-called gray list of countries that don’t take full measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. The announcement was made by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force following its meeting in the French capital. The FATF welcomed the UAE‘s … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets with Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, in Kampala on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Egypt, the Maldives, Angola and Belarus during which he discussed with them issues of mutual interests and expanding … 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
Reuters — At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, the … 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
CNN — A university in Uganda has withdrawn a requirement for female nursing and midwifery students to take a pregnancy test before sitting their exams, after facing a backlash. Kampala International University issued a notice on Tuesday stating: “This is to inform all female nurses and midwives that you are supposed to go to KIU-TH … Read more
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