BREAKING: Ministry of Health Confirms Ebola Disease Outbreak in Uganda

By Spurb Ernest

Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health. Courtesy Photo.

An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda following confirmation from three National Reference Laboratories.

The confirmed case, designated as the index case, is a 32-year-old male nurse, an employee of Mulago National Referral Hospital who initially developed fever-like symptoms and sought treatment at multiple health facilities, including Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Saidina Abubakar Islamic Hospital in Matugga in Wakiso District, and MbaleRegional Referral Hospital in Mbale City, as well as from a traditional healer.

Currently, no other healthcare worker or patient on the ward has presented with signs or symptoms of Ebola.