The East African nation introduced its outbreak on January 30 after the demise of a male nurse who examined optimistic for the virus.
Uganda has formally declared the tip of its newest Ebola outbreak, three months after the primary instances emerged within the capital, Kampala.
The Ministry of Well being introduced the milestone on Saturday through its official X account, calling it “excellent news” and confirming that 42 days had handed with out new infections for the reason that final affected person was discharged.
“Throughout this outbreak, 14 instances, 12 confirmed and two not confirmed via laboratory exams [probable], have been reported. 4 deaths, two confirmed and two possible, occurred. Ten individuals recovered from the an infection,” The World Well being Group (WHO) mentioned in an announcement.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus applauded the Ugandan Well being Ministry for its “management and dedication” in overcoming the outbreak. “Congratulations to the federal government and well being employees of #Uganda on ending the #Ebola outbreak,” he mentioned on X on Saturday.
Ebola infections are frequent in Uganda which has many tropical forests which might be pure reservoirs for the virus.
The most recent outbreak, brought on by the Sudan strain of the virus, was detected on January 30 this yr when a male nurse contracted the virus and later died. The pressure has no accepted vaccine.
It was Uganda’s ninth outbreak for the reason that nation recorded its first an infection in 2000.
Neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo – a rustic that has skilled greater than a dozen outbreaks, together with one from 2018 to 2020 which killed practically 2,300 individuals – Uganda stays extremely susceptible to the unfold of the illness.
The most recent outbreak started in Kampala, a bustling metropolis of 4 million individuals and a key transit hub linking japanese DRC, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. Well being specialists say Uganda has been capable of leverage on its expertise battling the illness over time to deliver them beneath management comparatively shortly.
Ebola is unfold via contact with contaminated bodily fluids and tissues, with signs resembling extreme headache, muscle ache, vomiting blood and inner bleeding.
