Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 22 Oct 2022, 07:42 am Print
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Kampala/UNI: Three people among the 60 under quarantine at a Ugandan national referral hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, have tested positive for Ebola virus disease, a top official said on Saturday.
Minister of Health Ruth Aceng tweeted that the three who were at an isolation facility at Mulago National Referral Hospital tested positive on Friday.
She said they were contacts to a confirmed case that had earlier passed on at the hospital.
The Minister said the three will be transferred to Entebbe Isolation Unit, 40 km south of Kampala, since the Mulago unit still has contacts under quarantine.
"Let's remain vigilant and report anybody with symptoms similar to Ebola. Together we can end this epidemic," Aceng said.
The Government has already put Kampala under a high response alert, in case, cases start increasing.
The Ministry Thursday gave envoys accredited to the country a guided tour of the Ebola treatment units, in a show of preparedness that the country is ready to combat and win the battle against the disease.
The Ministry of Health figures on Thursday showed that the country has so far registered 65 positive cases and 27 deaths since the outbreak was reported on Sept. 20.
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