MUST READ:
Forbidden territory: Uganda Doctor questions Why is Uganda prone
to infectious diseases?
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2012/10/forbidden-territory-uganda-doctor.html
Testing biological weapons on Ugandan Guinea
pigs: Deadly Ebola virus breaks out in Luweero(Uganda)
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2011/05/testing-biological-weapons-on-ugandan.html
From Kibale( where Ebola started recently) to Kabale( where there
is a Marburg virus outbreak): Marburg outbreak confirmed in Western Uganda: The
test of biological weapons on African Guinea pigs is not over yet
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-kibaale-where-ebola-started.html
BIO-WARFARE: WHO and the US Military succeed in making the Ebola
virus a sexually transmitted disease like HIV: Ebola virus found Liberian Man’s
semen 175 days after he was declared Ebola free
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2015/04/bio-warfare-who-and-us-military-succeed.html
Wickedness in high places : When Ebola creators pretend to be
messianic solvers on their own biological weapon : WHO meets on experimental
Ebola drug use
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/08/wickedness-in-high-places-when-ebola.html
U.S. is Responsible for the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa:
Liberian Scientist
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/10/us-is-responsible-for-ebola-outbreak-in.html
US Bio-warfare Laboratories In West Africa Are The Origins Of The
Ebola Epidemic says American law professor Francis A. Boyle
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/10/us-bio-warfare-laboratories-in-west.html
Is The US Government The Master Criminal Of Our Time?
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/10/is-us-government-master-criminal-of-our.html
Ebola as a US neo-imperialistic weapon: Portray Africans as poor
helpless zombies: Come in as a solution to the Ebola virus you have created :
Use this pretext to steal their mineral resources : Obama: Ebola crisis
'spiraling out of control' : US military to help Ebola effort
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/09/ebola-as-us-neo-imperialistic-weapon.html
THE DRUG
EPIDEMIC, VIRUSES, EBOLA, AND AIDS[IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000081.htm
The Ebola Outbreak: U.S. Sponsored Bioterror? Why Was Ebola-Infected
Patrick Sawyer Cleared for Travel?
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-ebola-outbreak-us-sponsored.html
Dear Global research.ca , The US invented the Ebola Virus from
Bundibugyo, Uganda that is why they have a patent for their invention. The US’s
invention of that virus is not a claim, it is the truth.
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/09/dear-global-researchca-us-invented.html
The Ebola Outbreak: U.S. Sponsored Bioterror? Why Was Ebola-Infected
Patrick Sawyer Cleared for Travel?
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-ebola-outbreak-us-sponsored.html
Hypocrisy of Babylon USA: US waives child soldier sanctions on six
nations
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/10/hypocrisy-of-babylon-usa-us-waives.html
Sensationalism and Lies about the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa :
Ebola Cases Could Reach 1.4 Million Within Four Months, C.D.C. Estimates: Ebola
Outbreak: The Latest U.S. Government Lies. The Risk of Airborne Contagion?
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/10/sensationalism-and-lies-about-ebola.html
The silly childish lies about Ebola : Ebola death toll nears
7,000, says WHO : Oh! Really: The cases are really climbing to 1.4 million in
four months as predicted by the US CDC
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-silly-childish-lies-about-ebola.html
BIO-WARFARE: WHO and the US Military succeed in making the Ebola
virus a sexually transmitted disease like HIV: Ebola virus found Liberian Man’s
semen 175 days after he was declared Ebola free
https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2015/04/bio-warfare-who-and-us-military-succeed.html
Medical Politics aimed at hiding Neo-liberal Imperialism: Uganda Approves
Ebola trials: Dozens get Ebola vaccine after outbreak spreads
https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2019/06/medical-politics-aimed-at-hiding-neo.html
Ebola deaths shoot up to 21
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/ebola-deaths-shoot-up-to-21-3961764
Statistics from the Health Ministry indicate that the number of
confirmed and suspected Ebola infections has increased to 34 while
deaths attributable to the outbreak stand at 21.
This is an increase
from 31 suspected and confirmed cases of infections as of Saturday. The
number of deaths was at 19 on Saturday.
This information is contained in the update given last evening by Mr
Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson of the Health ministry.
He
said of the cumulative cases which stand at 34, the 16 are laboratory
confirmed while 18 are probable. Similarly, of the 21 deaths, four are
confirmed while 17 are probable.
“Cases reported outside
Mubende include three in Kyegegwa and one in Kassanda but all linked to
the index case in Mubende,” he said, adding that there are “no confirmed
cases in Kampala as yet”.
The Kampala Capital City Authority told this publication that the
results for the suspected Ebola death in the city will be out by today.
Districts
where confirmed and suspected cases have been reported include
Kassanda, Kampala, Kisoro, Kakumiro, Mubende, Kyegegwa, and Lyantonde.
Health authorities said samples from suspected cases are being analysed at the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
The
ministry appealed to the population to adhere to preventive measures
and report any suspected cases to nearby health facilities or
authorities.
According to the Health ministry, Ebola is transmitted through contact
with the blood, stool or fluids of an infected person and objects that
have been contaminated with body fluids from an infected person.
One
can also contract the disease through contact with blood, secretions,
organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as fruit bats and
other wild animals.
The known symptoms of Ebola include high body
temperatures, fatigue, chest pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, unexplained
bleeding, yellowing of the eyes. Bleeding is usually a late presentation
after the above symptoms, according to the Health ministry.
Gaps emerge in Ebola contact tracing
The Ministry of Health at the weekend expressed concern over the gaps in contact tracing.
While
delivering his message at the national taskforce meeting at Mubende
District headquarters on Saturday, Lt Col Henry Kyobe, the incident
commander, said they are tracing 213 contacts.
“As we speak today
(Saturday) we have 213 cumulative contacts. Contact tracing is still a
challenge madam chair (Minister). The biggest proportion numbering 118
(55 percent) are health workers, meaning that community contacts have
not all been listed which creates a challenge. We may actually have
cases that emerge outside our conference,” he said.
Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng demanded a robust contact tracing.
“We have many partners on ground yet the number of contact persons is still low. Today (Septempter 24), you have reported 15 confirmed cases; it means cases are beginning to move faster than us, so if we don’t move faster we are in trouble. We have many Partners on surveillance in Mubende but we want all activities harmonised for better coordination.
Uganda's Ebola death toll rises to 12
- Written by URN
The number of people who have died from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende district has risen to 12, according to authorities.
By today morning, the death toll stood at eight people. But officials say that two more people died this morning in the hospital while three others died in a village in Madudu sub county, the same area where the first case was confirmed two days ago. The first seven people including an enrolled nurse died before the outbreak was confirmed.
Dr Emmanuel Paul Batibwa, the director of Mubende Regional Referral hospital says that 10 other people are currently admitted with severe signs of Ebola. He added that four contacts of a victim who died in Kyaka refugee settlement have also been sent to Mubende hospital for screening and that their samples have been sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Batibwa says that a team of taskforce members has been dispatched to the community to carry out surveillance and investigate the private clinics where the first patients were reportedly treated. He asked the public to be vigilant and take precautionary measures to control the disease.
Karen Besigye, the secretary for health in Mubende district said that they have recorded five new patients from Kyaka II resettlement camp and that three people were reported dead in Kirwanyi village. She explains that surveillance teams have been dispatched to establish the cause of death.
Mubende resident district commissioner Rosemary Byabashaija said that plans are underway to limit events and gatherings as one of the measures to reduce the possible spread of the disease. She added that more restrictions are being drawn among them limiting public gatherings.
Byabashaija appealed to the people to seek medical assistance from a government hospital in case of any suspicion for easy case management. She said that the district task force will dispatch a team to camp in Madudu sub-county to continue sensitizing the communities as well as surveilling, tracking the sick and assessing the situation.
Rare Ebola outbreak declared in Uganda
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that a sample taken from a 24-year-old man was identified as the relatively rare Sudan strain.
It is the first time in more than a decade that the Sudan strain has been found in Uganda, which also saw an outbreak of the Zaire strain of Ebola virus in 2019.
Suspicious deaths
The latest outbreak follows six suspicious deaths in Mubende district so far this month. There are also eight suspected cases who are receiving care in a health facility.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, said that the UN agency was working closely with Ugandan authorities to investigate the source, and support efforts to control it.
“Uganda is no stranger to effective Ebola control”, she said. “Thanks to its expertise, action has been taken to quickly to detect the virus and we can bank on this knowledge to halt the spread of infections.”
No effective vaccine
Existing vaccines against Ebola have proved effective against the Zaire strain but it is not clear if they will be as successful against the Sudan strain, WHO said in a statement.
Ebola is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates. It has six different strains, three of which - Bundibugyo, Sudan and Zaire - have previously caused large outbreaks.
Case fatality rates of the Sudan strain have varied from 41 per cent to 100 per cent in past outbreaks. Early roll-out of supportive treatment has been shown to significantly reduce deaths from Ebola, WHO said.
Sending supplies
The agency has dispatched supplies to support the care of patients and is sending a specialized tent that will be used to isolate patients.
While ring vaccination of high-risk people with Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) vaccine has been highly effective in controlling the spread of Ebola in recent outbreaks in DRC and elsewhere, said WHO, this vaccine has only been approved to protect against the Zaire strain.
Another vaccine produced by pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson may be effective but has yet to be specifically tested against the Sudan strain.
Congo Ebola Outbreak Ends After Less Than Three Months, WHO Says
19 May 2022
The Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is over, the World Health Organization said Monday, praising a swift response that allowed emergency teams to limit the contagion.
The outbreak was first noted on April 23. Within days, testing, contract tracing, control and vaccination efforts were launched, according to the WHO.
Four cases were confirmed, with another listed as probable. All five of those patients died. A 2020 outbreak in the country lasted twice as long and killed 55 people.
“Thanks to the robust response by the national authorities, this outbreak has been brought to an end swiftly,” said Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO’s Regional Director for Africa. “Crucial lessons have been learned from past outbreaks.”
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has now recorded 14 Ebola outbreaks since 1976, when the viral disease was first discovered.
