Category: Ebola
Can mRNA vaccines transform the fight against Ebola?
(Nature) COVID-19 vaccines that rely on mRNA technology are credited with transforming humanity’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The vaccines — one made by drug giant Pfizer with German biotech firm BioNTech, another by US pharmaceutical company Moderna — sped through clinical trials in just months and gained approval from major regulatory bodies less than a year after […]
Nov 14, 2022
First Ebola death confirmed in Jinja
(Monitor) The 45-year-old, Dan Waiswa, a farmer and resident of Kayalwe B village, in the Buyengo Town Council, Jinja District was admitted at Buwenge Health Center IV following his referral from a private clinic in Buwenge town council early this week
Nov 14, 2022
Uganda confirms Ebola case in country’s east as outbreak expands
(Reuters) An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the country’s health minister said on Sunday, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly infectious and deadly haemorrhagic […]
Nov 14, 2022
‘Death every day’: Fear and fortitude in Uganda’s Ebola epicentre
(Monitor) Bidding the dead goodbye is rarely a quiet affair in Uganda, where the bereaved seek solace in the embrace of community members who converge on their homes to mourn the loss together. Instead, 80-year-old Senyonga is accompanied by just a handful of relatives as he digs a grave on the family’s ancestral land, surrounded […]
Nov 10, 2022
Uganda to close schools after eight children die of Ebola
(The East African) Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country’s first lady said on Tuesday.Janet Museveni, who is also the education minister, said there had been cases in five schools in the capital Kampala, as well as the neighbouring […]
Nov 8, 2022
Uganda to close schools after eight children die of Ebola
(ECR) Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country’s first lady said on Tuesday. Janet Museveni, who is also the education minister, said there had been cases in five schools in the capital Kampala, as well as the neighbouring Wakiso […]
Nov 8, 2022
Panic as Ebola team buries 3 family members in Kassanda
(Monitor) Panic gripped residents of Kitongo Village in Kalwana Sub-county, Kassanda, as the district taskforce delivered the remains of four people that succumbed to the Ebola Virus Disease for burial.Three of the bodies belong to one family that allegedly exhumed the remains of their relative who had earlier succumbed to Ebola. Mr Muzaffalu Ssenyonjo, the […]
Nov 7, 2022
WFP Uganda Ebola Virus Disease Situation Report
(WFP) The Ministry of Health (MoH) now reports 131 confirmed cases and a further 21 probable cases. This is now one of the largest EVD outbreaks in Ugandan history. On a positive note, there hasn’t been a chain of transmission in Kampala since 14 cases were reported there last week. This indicates that contact tracing […]
Nov 7, 2022