The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned doctors in an update on Thursday that they should be aware of growing outbreaks of the highly fatal Marburg virus in Africa and will start communicating with travelers to the United States to watch for symptoms. Like Ebola, Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a a rare but severe…
WHO Convenes ‘Urgent’ Meeting Over Marburg, One of World’s Deadliest Viruses
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday convened an “urgent meeting” amid an outbreak of the Marburg virus, which causes one of the world’s deadliest diseases, in Africa. Health officials say Marburg, first seen in the late 1960s, is related to Ebola. However, WHO officials say it’s far more deadly, killing upwards of 88 percent of…
WHO, Officials Say Uganda’s Latest Ebola Outbreak Is Over
KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda’s latest outbreak of the Ebola virus is over, the government and the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Health Minister Ruth Aceng told journalists that no new cases had been registered in the past 42 days. This outbreak was the first in a decade of the less common Sudan strain which, unlike the Zaire…
Uganda Steps Up Ebola Response as Virus Infects 109, Kills 30
KAMPALA—The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on Wednesday, adding that the government was setting up an additional treatment center. Fifteen of the confirmed cases were among health workers, of whom six had died, she told a…
Uganda Says 9 More Ebola Cases Confirmed in Kampala, Urges Vigilance
Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday. The outbreak began in September in a rural part of central Uganda. It spread earlier this month to Kampala, a city of more than…
WHO: Ugandan Ebola Outbreak ‘Rapidly Evolving’ After 1 Month
KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers. “The Ministry of Health of Uganda has shown remarkable resilience and effectiveness and [is] constantly fine-tuning a response to what is…
WHO: ‘Concerned’ About Ebola Spread as Latest Eight Cases Not Contacts of Others Infected
LONDON—The eight most recent Ebola cases reported during the outbreak in Uganda have no known links with current patients, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, raising concerns over the spread of the deadly disease. In a briefing, the WHO said initial investigations into the cases by Uganda’s Ministry of Health had shown they were…
Uganda Locks Down 2 Districts in Bid to Stem Spread of Ebola
KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease. The measures announced by President Yoweri Museveni mean residents of the central Ugandan districts of Mubende and Kassanda can’t travel into or out of those areas by private or public…
US to Begin Screening Travelers Coming From Uganda for Ebola
WASHINGTON—The United States will begin screening travelers coming from Uganda for Ebola as an additional precaution aimed at trying to prevent an outbreak in the African country from spreading, the Biden administration said Thursday. There have been no Ebola cases from the outbreak reported outside Uganda, and the risk in the United States is considered…
Ebola Kills Doctor in Uganda, First Health Worker Killed in Latest Outbreak
KAMPALA—A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola has died, the first health worker killed by the disease in the latest outbreak in the country, Uganda’s health minister said on Saturday. “I regret to announce that we have lost our first doctor, Dr. Mohammed Ali, a Tanzanian national, 37-year-old Male,” the health minister, Jane…
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