The nurse of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, dies after an infectious bleeding fever.
Uganda had an Ebola virus in Kampala, the capital, and confirmed the death of a nurse, the Ministry of Health said.
The victim who died on Wednesday at Campala Hospital said to reporters, Diana Atwine, a 32 -year -old man.
He found treatment in a variety of facilities, including a public hospital in the east of the Kampala near the Kenya border, in a variety of facilities, including a public hospital in M -Bale.
“The patient experienced multiple tissue failure and surrendered to the disease of Mulago National Referral Hospital on January 29. The sample after the death has confirmed the Ebola virus disease (strain), ”said the Ministry of Health.
Since 2023, Uganda’s first confirmed Ebola death.
More than 44 people, including 30 health workers in contact with nurses, are being tracked to include potential diffusion of high contagious viruses.
He also added that the vaccination drive for all the contacts of the deceased will begin immediately.
ATWINE urged the health authorities to report the suspected events, saying, “It is completely controlled.”
Marburg’s outbreak, similar to Ebola, was declared in a neighboring Tanzania last week.
Rwanda, depicting the Uganda border, just appeared in Marberg.
Kampala is a crowded city with more than 4 million people, making it difficult to track tracking drive. It is also a bottleneck for traffic to South Sudan, Congo Democratic Republic, Rwanda and other countries.
Ebola, an infectious bleeding fever, is transmitted through contact with infected body fluids and tissues. Symptoms include headaches, vomiting, muscle pain and bleeding.
In recent years, Uganda authorities have controlled Ebola’s occurrence using laboratory testing, contact tracking and other technologies.
Uganda lasted in late 2022, killing 55 out of 143. The deceased included six health workers.
Since 2000, African countries have developed nine viral diseases.
