
The country’s 32 -year -old nurse died of a 32 -year -old nurse in Sudan Ebola virus in the Mulagu National Referendum Hospital of Uganda, and the Ministry of Health of the country confirmed on Thursday, January 30. In the capital.
Diana Atwine, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Health, announced that the epidemic was confirmed after testing in the laboratory of three countries. The nurse initially showed a fever -like symptom, and then suffered multiple organ failures on Wednesday and succumbed to the disease.
In a statement, the ministry said that there were no other healthcare workers or patients in the same ward showing the signs or symptoms of Ebola virus. However, the rapid response team has mobilized, and the contact of 44 deceased has been determined to monitor and vaccine.
Sudan Ebola virus is one of the six known species of Ebola virus. Unlike other strains, Sudan Ebola virus has no confirmation vaccine, although three candidate vaccines were developed and tried during the outbreak of Uganda in 2022.
Uganda shared a porous boundary with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976. The Congo Democratic Republic has experienced more than ten outbreaks, which is the most deadly 2,280 in 2020. Four months, and controlled 55 lives through measures such as monitoring, contact, and prevention of infection.
As we all know, the outbreak of Ebola virus involves challenges, especially in urban areas. The virus is spread through contact with the body fluid. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea and bleeding. Infected individuals can only be transmitted after symptoms, which may occur between two to 21 days after exposure.
The most fatal Ebola virus epidemic occurred in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, causing more than 11,300 people to die. Uganda’s health authorities are now trying to prevent Kanpara further spread because they monitor the connection between the deceased and implement control measures.