Uganda announces the end of the latest Ebola outbreak Ebola news

East Africa announced its outbreak on January 30 after the death of a male nurse that proved positive for the virus.

Uganda has officially announced the end of it Ebola’s outbreakThree months after the first cases, it appeared in the capital, Kampala.

The Ministry of Health announced this teacher on Saturday through its official account X, describing it as “good news” and confirms that 42 days have passed without a new injury since the last patient was emptied.

“During this fascism, 14 cases were reported, and 12 cases of confirmation and two through laboratory tests (possible),” the World Health Organization said in a statement.

The President of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised the Ugandan Ministry of Health for its “leadership and commitment” to overcome the outbreak of the disease. “Congratulations to the government and health workers in #Ganda to end the outbreak of #bola,” he said on Saturday.

Ebola infections are frequent in Uganda that have many tropical forests that are natural tanks for the virus.

The latest outbreak, due to Sudan dynasty From the virus, it was discovered on January 30 this year when a male nurse contracted the virus and later died. The breed is not a certified vaccine.

Uganda had the ninth outbreak since the country recorded its first infection in 2000.

Adjacent Democratic Republic of the Congo A country that has seen more than dozens of outbreaks, including one from 2018 to 2020 that killed nearly 2,300 people – Uganda is still very vulnerable to spreading the disease.

The latest outbreak in Kampala, a crowded city of four million people and a main transit center linking the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. Health experts say that Uganda has been able to benefit from its experience in fighting the disease over the years to control it at a relative speed.

Ebola is spread through infected physical fluid and tissue, with symptoms such as severe headaches, muscle pain, blood vomiting and internal bleeding.