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Ebola Outbreak Declared in Uganda After Mubende Man Dies

In a statement Tuesday, the Ugandan health ministry declared an Ebola outbreak after one person died of the highly contagious disease.

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September 20, 2022
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Uganda has confirmed its first Ebola death since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central Mubende district. The WHO has reported six additional deaths in the area are being investigated.

KAMPALA, UGANDA | NOW THEN DIGITAL — Earlier this week, Uganda confirmed its first case of Ebola since 2019, declaring that it has an outbreak in the central Mubende district. According to the WHO, six other deaths are still being investigated in that area.

  • According to the World Health Organization, Uganda has confirmed its first case of Ebola since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central Mubende district. Six additional cases have been reported in the area.
  • On Tuesday, Dr. Diana Atwiine, Permanent Secretary of the Uganda Ministry of Health, revealed the confirmed Ebola case as a 24-year-old male from Ngabano village in Madudu Sub County in Mubende District who succumbed to EVD symptoms.
  • Approximately 300 Congolese refugees are crossing into Uganda every day through Bunagana and illegal points, according to statistics from the Prime Minister’s Office.
  • The World Health Organization indicates that Uganda has had four Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks since 2000, in 2014, in 2017, and in 2018. The most deadly outbreak occurred in 2000, registering 425 cases and 224 deaths.

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Dr Diana Atwiine, Permanent Secretary of the Uganda Ministry of Health, told journalists in Kampala that the confirmed Ebola case was a 24-year-old male from Ngabano village in Madudu Sub County in Mubende District who had EVD symptoms and eventually died.

“The clinical team took samples for testing at UVRI. Results confirmed that the patient was positive for the Ebola-Sudan strain,” Dr Atwiine said.

In a statement, the WHO Africa office stated that the case was of the relatively rare Sudan strain.

“This is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain,” the Director of the WHO Africa Division, Matshidiso Moeti, said.

A rare strain of the Ebola virus was first described in 1977 in Sudan. WHO described the disease in 1976 as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, and detailed its virus type in 1978. When the Sudan Ebola virus emerged in 2002, the term was later changed to Sudan Ebola virus.

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Dr. Atwiine said that a Rapid Response Team has been dispatched to Mubende District to assist the surveillance teams, contact tracing teams, and case management teams in conducting surveillance. This disease is characterized by symptoms such as high temperatures, headaches, joint and muscle pain, throat irritation, and extreme weakness of the muscles.

In recent years, Uganda has been at high risk of contracting Ebola due to the proximity of DR Congo, whose nationals often cross the border due to conflict. DR Congo has recently reported a new case of Ebola in its North Kivu Province.

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The Office of the Prime Minister reports that 300 Congolese refugees cross into Uganda daily from Bunagana and illegal points. 

In 2000, 2014, 2017, and 2018, the World Health Organization reported four outbreaks of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda. A total of 425 cases and 224 deaths were reported in 2000 when the largest outbreak occurred.

The Ebola virus: what is it?

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Ebola outbreak confirmed in Uganda with one death.

Ebola is a frequently fatal viral haemorrhagic fever. It was first discovered in Central Africa in 1976. It spreads when infected people or contaminated materials contact them with their bodily fluids. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and sometimes internal bleeding.

There have been multiple outbreaks of the Ebola virus in Uganda, with the most recent one in 2019 killing at least five people.

Additionally, the country shares a porous border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which reported a new Ebola case only six weeks after declaring an end to an epidemic in its northwest.

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