The Government of the Ministry of Health, representing 9 African cities, reached an agreement today to measure the potential spread of Ebola in Uganda and beyond to stop it
The Ebola outbreak announced on September 20 in Uganda has amassed a total of 48 confirmed cases, including 17 deaths, the country’s Ministry of Health reports.
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“As of October 9 at 10:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. GMT), the accumulated confirmed deaths were 48, after four new confirmed cases were registered in the last 48 hours,” the ministry said in a statement compiled by local residents. media. .
Peter Piot, one of the scientists who discovered the Ebola virus in 1976 and has dedicated his professional life to fighting infectious diseases, said:
“All Ebola outbreaks must be taken seriously because they are highly lethal, can spread rapidly in communities, paralyze health systems, kill health workers and, if out of control, paralyze a country. Also, there is a high risk of spread between Uganda and neighboring DRC.”
One of the vaccines was developed by the Sabin Vaccine Institute (USA), while the second candidate came from researchers at the University of Oxford (UK).
“Currently, Ugandan and international scientists are working to distribute the vaccine in Uganda. But we still don’t have enough data to be able to distribute it on a large scale and, besides, the supply is also scarce,” Tegegn said in a virtual press conference last Thursday.
Unlike the Zaire strain, which is recorded in a disease epidemic in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), there is still no approved vaccine for this strain.
Uganda announced an Ebola outbreak on September 20 after confirming a case in Mubende district (center), where a 24-year-old man died of the disease caused by the virus.
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