The East African nation introduced its outbreak on January 30 after the dying of a male nurse who examined optimistic for the virus.
Uganda has formally declared the top of its newest Ebola outbreak, three months after the primary instances emerged within the capital, Kampala.
The Ministry of Well being introduced the milestone on Saturday by way of its official X account, calling it “excellent news” and confirming that 42 days had handed with out new infections because the final affected person was discharged.
“Throughout this outbreak, 14 instances, 12 confirmed and two not confirmed via laboratory exams [probable], have been reported. 4 deaths, two confirmed and two possible, occurred. Ten folks recovered from the an infection,” The World Well being Group (WHO) stated in a press release.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus applauded the Ugandan Well being Ministry for its “management and dedication” in overcoming the outbreak. “Congratulations to the federal government and well being staff of #Uganda on ending the #Ebola outbreak,” he stated on X on Saturday.
Ebola infections are frequent in Uganda which has many tropical forests which might be pure reservoirs for the virus.
The newest outbreak, attributable to the Sudan strain of the virus, was detected on January 30 this yr when a male nurse contracted the virus and later died. The pressure has no permitted vaccine.
It was Uganda’s ninth outbreak because the nation recorded its first an infection in 2000.
Neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo – a rustic that has skilled greater than a dozen outbreaks, together with one from 2018 to 2020 which killed practically 2,300 folks – Uganda stays extremely weak to the unfold of the illness.
The newest outbreak started in Kampala, a bustling metropolis of 4 million folks and a key transit hub linking jap DRC, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. Well being specialists say Uganda has been capable of leverage on its expertise battling the illness over time to deliver them underneath management comparatively rapidly.
Ebola is unfold via contact with contaminated bodily fluids and tissues, with signs equivalent to extreme headache, muscle ache, vomiting blood and inside bleeding.
