Ebola outbreak in Uganda still a manageable risk - Africa CDC
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[October 20, 2022]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Africa's top
public health body said on Thursday there was a risk that the Ebola
outbreak in Uganda could spread but it was still manageable at this
stage and emergency measures were not necessary.
"The risk is there but it is a manageable risk," Ahmed Ogwell Ouma,
Acting Director of Africa CDC, told reporters at an online briefing.
He said at this stage there was no need to go into "full emergency
measures mode".
There have been 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases since the outbreak
began last month, and 44 deaths, the World Health Organization said on
Wednesday.
The strain spreading in Uganda is the Sudan strain, and the existing
vaccines and therapies do not work against it.
Ouma said there were plans to launch vaccine trials but no timeframe on
the tests had been confirmed.
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An Ugandan health worker shows an
informational flyer on Ebola virus and how to prevent its spread to
the community of Kirembo village, near the border with the
Democratic Republic of Congo, in Kasese district, Uganda June 15,
2019. REUTERS/James Akena/File Photo
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2022/Oct/20/images/ads/current/guzzardos_sda_FOOTBALL_2022.png) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
said on Saturday the government was implementing some lockdown
measures, including restricting movement and closing places of
worship and entertainment, in Mubende and Kassanda districts in
central Uganda, the epicentre of the epidemic.
(Reporting by James Macharia ChegeEditing by Estelle Shirbon)
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