So far nineteen (19) people have been confirmed dead as a result of the new Ebola outbreak in Uganda.
According to reports from the ministry of health, five medical staff members that contracted the virus from treating the first confirmed case in the east African nation in September have recovered and have been discharged from an isolation unit in Entebbe.
The country’s health minister Jane Aceng added that five affected districts have seen “54 cumulative confirmed cases”, with 19 deaths and 20 recoveries.
In her words: “today we have five districts that are affected and then we have fifty four cumulative confirmed cases out of this we have unfortunately lost nineteen people and we have twenty recoveries, the twenty recoveries includes the health workers who have been discharged“
Meanwhile, the first cases of Ebola were reported in Mubende district, in the center of the country, before the epidemic, confirmed by the authorities on September 20, spread to the neighboring districts of Kassanda, Kyegegwa and Kagadi.
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