Uganda Ebola epidemic death toll climbs to 44, says WHO
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Thedeathtollfrom anEbolaepidemicdeclared last month inUgandahas climbed to44, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
WHOchief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing in Geneva that there had been 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases, with44deaths and 25 recoveries.
"We remain concerned that there may be more chains of transmission and more contacts than we know about in the affected communities," he added.
The previousdeathtollprovided by theWHOon October 5 reported 29 fatalities.
President Yoweri Museveni last week ordered two districts at the heart of theepidemicin centralUgandato be put under lockdown, imposing a travel ban, a curfew and the closure of public places.
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Museveni had already ordered traditional healers to stop treating the sick, in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.
He also ordered the police to arrest anyone infected withEbolawhorefused to isolate.
The authorities say the outbreak remains concentrated in the central districts of Mubende and Kassanda has not reached Kampala, despite a couple testing positive for the virus in the capital.
Tedros on Wednesday said two cases from Mubende sought care in Kampala, "increasing the risks of transmission in the city" of 1.5 million people.
Ebolais spread through bodily fluids, with common symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea.
Outbreaksare difficult to contain, especially in urban environments.
Uganda's last recorded fatality from a previousEbolaoutbreak was in 2019.
The particular strain now circulating inUgandais known as the SudanEbolavirus, for which there is currently no vaccine.
The World Health Organization says clinical trials could start within weeks on drugs to combat that strain.
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