Uganda Faces Backlash Since Ebola - Minister of Health Officials from the Ministry of Health said that Uganda has seen a decrease in the ...
Uganda Faces Backlash Since Ebola - Minister of Health
Officials from the Ministry of Health said that Uganda has seen a decrease in the number of new Ebola cases, with some districts going at least two weeks without registering a case of Ebola.
Mubende district in central Uganda and Kassanda are where the outbreak of the disease was first reported on September 20. Immigration in and out of the immediate districts is restricted.
"We are seeing a decline in the number of infections," Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on NTV news on Wednesday evening, citing a two-week absence of new infections in some districts. as signs of success.
"We are not getting new cases in Kampala, Masaka and Jinja," said some of the two cities.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Emmanuel Ainebyona, told Reuters on Thursday that Mubende has gone at least 16 days without an infected person, and that Kampala, the capital of the country, has not received any new cases. and the disease is not for two weeks.
The World Health Organization and aid organizations are providing Uganda with assistance to contain the outbreak.
According to Uganda's Ministry of Health, so far figures show that at least 141 people have been infected and 55 people have died.