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Uganda on high alert as Ebola is confirmed in DRC

Noelyn Nassuuna by Noelyn Nassuuna
November 5, 2021
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Sierra Leone activates emergency response following Ebola cases in Guinea

An MSF medical worker, wearing protective clothing relays patient details and updates behind a barrier to a colleague at an MSF facility in Kailahun, on August 15, 2014. Kailahun along with Kenama district is at the epicentre of the world's worst Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that the latest death toll from the Ebola virus in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria had claimed more than1000 lives. Health Organisations are looking into the possible use of experimental drugs to combat the latest outbreak in West Africa. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Ministry of Health has said it is on high alert following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC.

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On Thursday, DRC confirmed eight new Ebola virus cases in North Kivu province marking a new outbreak in the country.

According to the World Health Organisation, out of the eight cases, six have died and over 500 contact persons have been identified.

Speaking to KFM, the ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyona says there is no case of Ebola that has been identified in Uganda adding that there is a robust surveillance and cross border screening system focussing on all travellers arriving in Uganda.

He has also appealed to all Ugandans to be cautious and report any signs and symptoms of the highly contagious disease.

The symptoms of Ebola include; fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, generalized pain and in many cases internal and external bleeding.

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