By Dan Wandera & Tonny Abet Five doctors and an anaesthetic officer have been taken into isolation for treatment after contracting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the line of duty, officials confirmed yesterday. The EVD taskforce in Mubende District, the epicentre of the outbreak, and Uganda Medical Association (UMA), the national umbrella grouping […]
Schools have asked the government to fasten the release of school-based approach to fight Ebola within academic institutions across the country. It has been two weeks after Ebola outbreak in the country but the Ministry of Health has not yet released guidelines on how heads of schools can protect both […]
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has asked the government not to militarise Ebola response and avoid treating the suspected Ebola patients like it was witnessed in the first days of the Covid-19 outbreak. Addressing journalists at their offices in Najjanankumbi yesterday, the party spokesperson, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda said […]
By Barbra Nalweyiso Mubende hospital has today registered the fifth death from Ebola virus disease. The Mubende Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Rosemary Byabashaija who also doubles as the head of the Ebola task force has identified the deceased as a female adult aged 32 years, a resident of Kyegegwa district. […]
Senior presidential advisor on epidemics Dr. Monica Musenero has revealed that most of the first cases of Ebola die. Her remarks comes at a time the number of deaths attributable to the viral disease has since shoot up to 21. The latest update from the Ministry of Health released last […]
