The Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday 20th,September 2022 reported 11 suspected cases of Ebola identified in the country’s of Uganda, Mubende district as of Tuesday 20th, September 2022.
Of these, the ministry of health in the country recorded one probable Ebola-related death case, a one-year-old, it said in a statement released Tuesday night.
Samples for the one-year-old and the 11 suspected cases undergoing isolation are being tested at the country Virus Research Institute, the ministry added.
So far, the country have 11 suspected cases, one confirmed case, and six cases considered probable have been identified as of 20th September 2022.
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World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday 20th September 2022 that Uganda had declared an Ebola outbreak after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was found in the country. That case was confirmed after testing a sample from a 24-year-old man in the Mubende district, who the ministry said died after displaying symptoms of Ebola.
So far the country health authorities had investigated six suspicious deaths in the district the month of September 2022.
According to WHO, the country has experienced four (4) Ebola outbreaks that left over 200 people dead. The deadliest was in 2000.
Uganda borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is experiencing an Ebola resurgence following outbreaks this year 2022.