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Uganda: How Previous Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks Helped Uganda Respond to Covid-19 Outbreak
WHO, 28 August 2020
For many public health workers in Uganda, responding to disease outbreaks of epidemic potential in not new. This is because the country has been in preparedness and response modes… Read more »
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Uganda: Kampala New Covid-19 Hotspot, Arcades Risk Closure
Monitor, 22 August 2020
Government has warned the public that the Covid-19 situation will worsen and might lead the affected areas into lockdown to protect the lives of the most vulnerable city dwellers… Read more »
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Uganda: Scientists Ask Govt to Change Strategy As Covid-19 Cases Rise
Monitor, 19 August 2020
With 1,603 confirmed cases and 15 deaths recorded as of yesterday, Covid-19 is tightening its grip on the country and causing more suffering. Read more »
How Ebola Outbreaks Helped Uganda Respond to Covid-19 Pandemic
For Uganda responding to disease outbreaks of epidemic potential is not new. This is because the country has been in preparedness and response modes for quite some time and its disease outbreak system has regularly been tested over the years. The country has had four Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks in 2000, 2014, 2017 and 2018. The biggest and most deadly was in 2000 that registered 425 cases and 224 deaths.These outbreaks have not only tested and strengthened the country's preparedness and response system but also given health workers enormous experience and steeled their nerves to deal with deadly outbreaks, according to the World Health Organisation.
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Ugandan authorities have asked health workers to intensify their surveillance against the deadly disease following twenty deaths in the area of North Kivu with 25 suspected cases ... Read more »
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The Uganda Virus Research Institute is partnering with Imperial College London to start the first Covid-19 vaccine trial in the country by December 2020. During the Global Vaccine ... Read more »
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The health ministry has confirmed that the blood sample of a 9-year-old Congolese girl was drawn and sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute for testing and confirmed positive ... Read more »
