News

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-01-2012 02:21 PM **Posts: 20,429**

Death toll of Marburg outbreak in Uganda rises to 9

Nine people including a health worker have been killed by the Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Uganda as of Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update Wednesday evening.

A total of 18 cases have been reported from five districts namely Kabale district, where the outbreak was first reported, Kampala, capital of Uganda, Ibanda, Mbarara and Kabarole, said the statement.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/art...?id=104982

**blind prophet**

want to check on this later.

**tethys**

Growing concerns over 'in the air' transmission of Ebola

Canadian scientists have shown that the deadliest form of the ebola virus could be transmitted by air between species.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20341423

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-16-2012 10:46 PM **Posts: 20,429**

New Ebola outbreak erupts near Uganda capital

Up to three people have died in Uganda from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in its central region, near the capital Kampala, according to officials.

Health Minister Christine Ondoa said on Thursday that two of the dead were from one family in Luwero district.

Ondoa told reporters: "Another viral hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, has broken out in the country ... a total of three people have, since the onset of the outbreak ,died".

http://mwcnews.net/news/africa/22869-new...break.html

3 More Test Positive to Ebola in Luweero

Three more residents of Nyimbwa in Luweero district have tested positive to the Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

This brings the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the district since last month to six, three of whom have died.

"The blood samples for three people which we sent yesterday have come out indicating they are also infected with Ebola," Richard Kawenyera, the district Ebola surveillance officer, told Saturday Vision yesterday (Friday).

http://allafrica.com/stories/201211161344.html

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-16-2012 10:47 PM **Posts: 20,429**

Scores isolated after new Ebola outbreak in Uganda

Scores of Ugandans were isolated on Thursday to prevent the spread of a new outbreak of Ebola which has already killed three people.

The new Ebola outbreak was confirmed Wednesday in a district 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

The latest Ebola outbreak, officials say, is of the Sudan strain of Ebola and not linked to the previous one, of the Congo variety.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/16401...ganda.html

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-16-2012 10:49 PM **Posts: 20,429**

Marburg under control, says health ministry

For the last ten days, no new cases of Marburg fever have been reported in the country, raising hope that the epidemic is now under control.

Two people who were confirmed to have contracted the Marburg are recovering, the health ministry spokesperson, Rukia Nakamatte told the New Vision.

"We are on top of the situation. We have only two confirmed cases, a mother and her baby, who are improving," she stated.

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/637282-m...istry.html

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-19-2012 05:35 PM **Posts: 20,429**

Uganda Ebola deaths at five as 40 are monitored

One person succumbed to the Ebola virus Sunday, bringing the death toll in the latest outbreak of the dreaded haemorrhagic fever in Uganda to five.

The victim, a 29-year-old woman, died at Bombo Hospital, some 30 kilometres north of the capital Kampala, where she was admitted on Tuesday last week.

Halima Nakimbugwe is said to have contracted the disease while nursing her husband, a boda boda rider, who was the first person to die in the latest epidemic in Luweero District.

Two other people confirmed to have been infected with the virus have been admitted to Mulago Hospital. Another 12 suspected to have been infected with the virus are also admitted to Mulago, while another six are at Bombo Hospital. “The number of confirmed Ebola patients remains the two admitted to Mulago Hospital, while the number of contacts has risen from 34 to 40. These are being monitored both in Kampala and Bombo,” Ms Nakamatte said.

http://www.africareview.com/News/Uganda-...index.html

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-19-2012 05:37 PM **Posts: 20,429**

Fresh Ebola outbreak raises fears virus is nearing Kampala

Six people have died, as a fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was reported in another Ugandan district, raising fears that the disease could soon hit Kampala, the country's capital.

This is the first time the disease has been reported near Kampala, triggering panic in the city.

The health ministry confirmed the deaths, in one week, of the six in Luwero District, 25 kilometres from Kampala.

http://www.theafricareport.com/society-a...mpala.html

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-24-2012 12:55 PM **Posts: 20,429**

Uganda health officials report 10 Ebola cases, dozens under surveillance

As of 23 November 2012, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda has reported 10 cases (6 confirmed and 4 probable,), including 5 deaths in Luweero and Kampala.

The last confirmed case was hospitalised on 17 November 2012.

As of the date of the report, at least 62 people are under surveillance for the virus.

http://www.examiner.com/article/uganda-h...rveillance

**Enaid**

This stuff REALLY creeps me out.

Just finished watching that ancient movie - Outbreak.
-shivers --

Just think back to the 1918 flu pandemic. Not much aircraft travel back then. (1st flight Dec 1903)

It WILL happen again. Just give it time.

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 11-24-2012 03:51 PM **Posts: 20,429**

Enaid Wrote:

This stuff REALLY creeps me out.

Just finished watching that ancient movie - Outbreak.
-shivers --

Just think back to the 1918 flu pandemic. Not much aircraft travel back then. (1st flight Dec 1903)

It WILL happen again. Just give it time.

Just out of interest..the United States air travel hub is the most efficient for spreading such diseases worldwide.

If something like SARS made it to the US, it would probably spread.