#Ebola outbreak confirmed in Uganda An Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in Uganda by the ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO). In a hastily organized press conference at 9 pm on Tuesday, minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng said the confirmed case is of 5-year-old boy who'd travelled with his mother to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to nurse her father who succumbed to Ebola. The boy's mother is of Congolese origin but got married to a Ugandan husband and settled in Uganda's western district of Kasese. The mother and the son returned to Uganda through Bwera border post on June 10 together with four other family members of Congolese origin. According to Aceng, the family sought for medical care for the boy at Kagando hospital where health workers identified Ebola as a possible cause of illness after he presented symptoms of vomiting blood, bloody diarrhea, muscle pain, headache, fatigue and abdominal pain. Aceng says Ugandan health officials were alerted of the presence of contacts of an Ebola case from DRC and their phone contacts provided for close monitoring by their counterparts across the border. All the other Congolese family members have since been isolated at Bwera Ebola Treatment Unit and two of them had their blood samples taken and sent to the Uganda Virus Institute (UVRI) after they too developed symptoms similar to that of Ebola. In total eight contacts have been identified and are under close monitoring. Aceng assured the public that Uganda has been prepared to tackle the virus for the last 10 months and there is no doubt that the virus will be contained. In preparation for a possible imported case during the current outbreak in DRC that has claimed at least 1390 lives, Uganda has vaccinated over 4700 health workers in 165 health facilities. The ministry said it will undertake ring vaccination of the contact cases and other non vaccinated health workers. Ebola virus disease is a severe illness that is spread through contact with the body fluids such as vomit, blood and faeces of a person sick with the disease. The symptoms can be sudden and include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, sore threat. According to WHO, people who have been in contact with someone with the disease are offered vaccine and asked to monitor their health for 21 days to ensure they do not become ill as well. The investigational vaccine being used in DRC and by health and frontline workers in Uganda has so far been effective in protecting people from developing the disease, and has helped those who do develop the disease to have a better chance of survival. Uganda to repatriate Ebola patients back to DRC Uganda is set to repatriate the five confirmed and suspected Ebola patients back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The five cases are all from the same family that recently travelled to DRC to attend the burial of a relative, who succumbed to the deadly virus. On crossing to Uganda through Bwera border post on June 11, their 5-year-old boy developed symptoms of the deadly virus disease and passed away a day later. His 50-year-old grandmother also passed on Wednesday while his 3-year-old brother was also confirmed to have been infected by the virus. His mother and father, their housemaid and a 6-month baby have all been isolated as suspected cases. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng says, following a meeting with their Congolese counterparts in Kasese district on Wednesday, the authorities have resolved to have the five confirmed and suspected cases repatriated to Congo because the family has relatives there and therefore would feel more comfortable having their relatives by their side. The 5-year-old's mother is of Congolese origin but got married to a Ugandan husband and has been living in Kasese district in western Uganda. Having battled the outbreak since August last year, Aceng said DRC already has established treatment structures and facilities in place already and therefore the patients will greatly benefit from the established therapeutic treatment. However Aceng said the victims will only be repatriated on condition that they consent and if they refuse, they will treated and buried in Uganda in case they are to pass on. Aceng said 50 others have been listed as contacts and any of the contacts is a potential patient and asked Uganda to be extra vigilant and look out for the symptoms of the disease that include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, sore threat. Ebola is spread through getting in contact with fluids of an infected person such as blood, sweat, faeces and vomit. Kitalo! Ebola asse omwana ow'emyaka etaano. Ab'ebyobulamubanoonyereza ku bantu musanvu. Kikakasiddwa nti EBOLA bamwekengedde okutuuka e Kasese. Ekitongole ky'ebyobulamu #MinofHealthUG kitegeezezza nti omwana ow'emyaka 5 abadde ava ku muliraano wano mu #DRCongo ne Maama we bebaleese obweralikirivu buno. N'olwekyo tube ku bwerinde n'okubeera abeegendereza
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