Ebola

Uganda reports second Ebola death, a 4-year-old, WHO says

David Bale2 weeks ago02 mins

KAMPALA, UGANDA — A second Ebola patient, a 4-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry. The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 10. The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal hemorrhagic disease in January after…

As Trump shuts down USAID missions, officials warn Ebola outbreak in Uganda will spread

David Bale1 month ago013 mins

Some health officials in the U.S. fear the shutdown of U.S. Agency for International Development missions may have disastrous results, as the stalling of foreign aid has forced delays in what they said was the “chaotic” early U.S. response to Uganda’s swelling Ebola outbreak. The outbreak marks Uganda’s eighth from an Ebola virus. The first confirmed…

Ebola outbreak declared in Uganda’s capital, 1st death reported – National | Globalnews.ca

David Bale1 month ago04 mins

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African country’s ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000. The patient, a male nurse at the Mulago…