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Joseph Hammond

EXPLAINED: Uganda set to announce new measures to combat ebola | Vintage Vibes

A Red Cross worker creates a 'green zone' before donning PPE prior to burying a 3-year-old boy suspected of dying from Ebola on October 13, 2022 in Mubende, Uganda. Emergency response teams, isolation centers and treatment tents have been set up by the Ugandan health authorities around the central Mubende district which is the epicenter of the current outbreak.

Uganda is taking new measures to fight a deadly Ebola outbreak in the African country.
54 cases of Ebola have been identified in the country as of Friday morning, according to a Ugandan government spokesperson.

“The Ebola outbreak is so far limited to a few districts in mid-central Uganda and has been largely contained,” said Chris Baryomunsi, Uganda’s Minister of Information, in an exclusive interview with Zenger News,” we have already implemented contact tracing and other surveillance measures to minimize chances to of spreading of the virus to other people.”

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