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Published: 21:25, October 17, 2022 | Updated: 21:25, October 17, 2022
Ugandan president puts capital city on Ebola response alert
By Xinhua
Published:21:25, October 17, 2022 Updated:21:25, October 17, 2022 By Xinhua

Members of Doctors without borders NGO set up an Ebola treatment isolation unit at the Mubende regional referral hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)

KAMPALA - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has put the country's capital Kampala on a high Ebola response alert as the east African country grapples with the deadly disease.

Museveni in a tweet on Monday said while two cases that tested positive in Kampala came from Mubende, the epicenter of the outbreak, there are contacts to the cases and a risk of infection.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in a tweet on Monday said while two cases that tested positive in Kampala came from Mubende, the epicenter of the outbreak, there are contacts to the cases and a risk of infection

"For Kampala city, while the two cases that tested positive came from Mubende district and are regarded as Mubende cases, because of the presence of contacts of these two cases and the risks of infection, I have directed a full mobilization of Kampala city into a response mode," Museveni said.

Museveni's latest update on the outbreak in the country comes after he instituted a 21-day lockdown and night curfew in Mubende and Kassanda districts on Saturday in an effort to contain the spread of the deadly disease.

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Of the two patients who tested positive in Kampala, one died while the other one is under isolation.

Museveni last week warned that if the public does not heed medical advice, there is a possibility of Ebola erupting in Kampala. He said already 24 contacts are under quarantine.

"Several such alert cases have been tested and the results have turned out to be negative. The Ministry of Health teams will continue to investigate any such cases and inform the public accordingly," Museveni said.

According to government figures, as of Oct 15, the country has 58 confirmed cases of Ebola, 19 deaths, and 20 people have recovered since the index case was reported on Sept 20.

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