PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TO ADDRESS THE NATION ON THE CURRENT STATE OF EBOLA

BY EDITOR

KAMPALA. President Museveni will address the nation tomorrow (Tuesday) on the current status of Ebola outbreak in the country.

The President’s address comes at the time when the ministry of education announced the early closure of schools in order to mitigate the spread of the epidemic among learners.

The ministry of health (MoH) has confirmed that the Ebola epidemic outbreak has also spread to other districts, with epicentre in Mubende and Kasanda districts of central Uganda.

The epidemic is reportedly to have spread to other districts which include, Kasanda, Kyegegwa, Kagadi, Bunyangabu, Wakiso, Masaka and Kampala.

Mubende and Kassanda, the epicentre of the Ebola disease, have 63 and 47 cumulative confirmed cases, respectively. Both districts are under a second 21-day lockdown as a mitigation measure to check the spread of the disease.

The Ebola Virus Disease has claimed at least 54 lives in the first 55 days since its outbreak on September 20, the latest situation report by the World Health Organization (WHO), has shown.
Mubende District, which registered the index case, has since lost 29 people out of the 54 registered deaths.

The report update as of November 10 also indicates that the disease, which has been confirmed in eight districts, has 137 cumulative confirmed cases while the recoveries stand at 65. Uganda is currently battling Ebola Sudan variant.