According to CNN (CNN) on the 17th, due to the increase in Ebola virus infection cases, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni announced an immediate implementation of a three-week lockdown in two high-risk areas of the country.
Ebola epidemic continues to spread in Uganda Source: Visual China
Museveni In a television speech last Saturday, everyone will be banned from entering and leaving the Mubend and Kasanda areas, but freight trucks can still be entered and exited. In addition, curfews will be imposed in both areas. He added that places of worship, bars, gyms, saunas and other entertainment venues will be closed, but schools will remain open.
Museveni said: "Given the seriousness of the problem, in order to prevent the Ebola epidemic from spreading further, protecting lives and livelihoods, the government is taking additional measures and we all need to take action."
reported that the Uganda Ministry of Health will strengthen contact tracing and assistance to local health facilities.
Ebola epidemic continues to spread in Uganda Photo source: Visual China
According to Reuters previously reported, the Uganda Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the outbreak of Ebola epidemic in Uganda on September 20. Uganda's health department confirmed a confirmed case of infection with the relatively rare Sudanese Ebola virus, a 24-year-old man from Mubende, central Uganda, who died shortly after developing symptoms. After that, cases began to increase in various regions of the country.
On October 12th local time, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Adhanom Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Uganda has confirmed 54 cases of Ebola and 20 suspected cases. There are currently 39 deaths and 14 recovered cases.
CNN reported that there have been four Ebola outbreaks in Uganda, the worst one in 2000, killing more than 200 people.
Ebola epidemic continues to spread in Uganda Photo source: Visual China
According to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people infected with Ebola virus will have symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, fatigue, loss of appetite, gastrointestinal discomfort and unknown bleeding, and will not infect others before symptoms appear. This virus is transmitted through direct contact with body fluids and does not spread through the air.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus previously stated that the vaccine that has recently successfully curbed the Ebola outbreak in the Congo (DRC) has been ineffective against the Ebola strain currently outbreak in Uganda. Several vaccines against the virus are in different stages of research and development, with two of them likely to begin clinical trials in Uganda in the next few weeks and are currently awaiting approval from the Ugandan government's regulatory authorities.
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