Ministry of Health

Uganda Camppara- A health official said on Thursday that a nurse in Uganda died of Ebola virus. It was the first time that this was the first time since the last outbreak of 2023.

The 32 -year -old male nurse is the employee of Mulagu Hospital, the main referral facility of the capital, and Diana Atwine, the regular secretary of the Ministry of Health, told reporters on Thursday.

After a fever, he was treated in multiple locations in Uganda, and then many laboratory tests confirmed that he had Ebola virus. The man died on Wednesday, and the Sudan strain was confirmed after the body was tested.

According to the Ministry of Health of Uganda, at least 44 victims have been found in contact, including 30 health workers and patients.

The health authorities “completely controlled this situation” and urged Ugandans to report suspicious cases.

Tracking contact is the key to preventing the spread of Ebola virus, and there is no approval vaccine for Sudan strains.

The last outbreak of Uganda discovered in September 2022 was announced as at least 55 in January 2023.

The confirmation of Uganda Ebola virus is the latest trend of virus bleeding and fever in East Africa. Tanzania announced that the Malburg disease similar to Ebola virus broke out earlier this month, and Rwida announced that its own Malburg outbreak has ended. According to the local health authorities, at least two people were killing at least two people in the Kagera area in northern Tanzania.

Ebola virus spreads through contact with the infected or contaminated human fluids, manifested as fatal bleeding fever. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and sometimes internal and external bleeding.

Scientists do not know the natural reservoir of Ebola virus, but they suspect that the first person infected by the first person who contacted or eat raw meat infected with animals. Ugandan officials are still investigating the current source of outbreak.

Uganda has occurred many Ebola epidemic, including the outbreak caused by hundreds of people caused by 2000. In 2014-16, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the largest number of deaths of the disease.

In 1976, the Ebola virus was found in the two outbreaks of the South Sudan and the Congo. The outbreak occurred in a village near the Ebola River, and it was named the disease since then.