Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak in capital Kampala, one dead

Kampala, Uganda — 

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola microorganism illness successful the superior Kampala, with the archetypal confirmed diligent dying from the illness connected Wednesday, the wellness ministry said connected Thursday.

The patient, a caregiver astatine the Mulago referral infirmary successful the capital, had initially sought attraction astatine assorted facilities, including Mulago aft processing fever-like symptoms.

"The diligent experienced multi-organ nonaccomplishment and succumbed to the unwellness astatine Mulago National Referral Hospital connected Jan 29. Post-mortem samples confirmed Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (strain)," the ministry said.

The highly infectious hemorrhagic fever is transmitted done interaction with infected bodily fluids and tissue. Symptoms see headache, vomiting blood, musculus pains and bleeding.

Uganda past suffered an outbreak successful precocious 2022 and that outbreak was declared implicit connected Jan. 11, 2023, aft astir 4 months successful which it struggled to incorporate the viral infection.

The past outbreak killed 55 of the 143 radical infected and the dormant included six wellness workers.