Update: Ebola Reported In Uganda’s Capital

Ebola Virus - Credit CDC

UPDATED:  My thanks to Sharon Sanders of FluTrackers for this link to President Museveni’s Radio Address. See FluTrackers complete Ebola Outbreak thread here.

 

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A brief update to yesterday’s post on the Ugandan Ebola outbreak. Overnight AFP (and other media sources) have reported that two cases (1 fatal) have been detected in Uganda’s capital city Kampala.

 

 

Ebola virus reported in Kampala

July 30 2012 at 12:52pm

Uganda's president on Monday banned all physical contact after a victim of a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus was reported in the capital Kampala for the first time.

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In a state radio broadcast Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni gave the death toll as 14 and stated that 7 doctors and 13 healthcare workers are in quarantine at Kampala’s Mulago hospital after two cases were detected there.

Museveni warned the public to avoid physical contact and to call for assistance from health workers to bury any dead suspected to have died from the virus.

 

With a population of more than 1.6 million people, Kampala is the largest city in Uganda, and is nearly 100 miles from the outbreak’s origin. 

 

 

 

News of the virus’s spread to the capital city has raised concerns in neighboring Kenya, according to their Daily Post.

 

Kenya on high alert as Ebola virus reaches Kampala

The Kenyan DAILY POST News 03:52

Monday, the 30^th of July 2012 - The country is now on high alert after it was confirmed that one person has died of the Ebola virus in the Ugandan capital Kampala. This brings the number of people who have died in the country as a result of the Ebola virus, or Hemorrhagic fever, to 14.

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For more background on the Ebola virus the CDC’s Special Pathogens Branch has an extensive webpage on the virus.

 

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

About the Disease

For the General Public

• Questions & Answers
• Information on Ebola hemorrhagic fever [PDF - 215 KB]

For Travelers

• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
  Travelers' Health: Yellow Book
  Health Information for International Travel, 2010
• Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Distribution Map

For Healthcare Professionals in Africa

• Infection Control Manual
  Includes French & Portuguese versions
• Infection Control Posters
  Includes French & Portuguese versions

For Health Professionals in the U.S.

• Interim Guidance for Managing Patients [PDF - 60 KB]
• Tools for Protecting Healthcare Personnel

Outbreak Resources

Outbreak Notices

• History of Ebola Outbreaks
• Past Outbreak Postings

Prevention Information

• Info for U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
• Info for Humanitarian Workers
• Info for Airline Personnel

Additional Resources

• WHO Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Website