October 2014 – UGANDA – World Health Organization (WHO) representative said Tuesday. Preparations are underway to quarantine the eight, the country’s Health Ministry said. WMUR 9 News reported the number of people exhibiting symptoms was as high as eleven. A 30-year-old radiographer who had worked at Kampala’s Mengo Hospital died of the Marburg virus on September 28. Nearly 100 people who had been in contact with the victim have been identified, including workers at Mengo Hospital and another clinic that treated the victim and people living in western Kasese district, where the deceased was buried. “We are in the initial stages of the Ugandan epidemic,” WHO representative Alemu Wondimagegnehu told dpa. “We cannot tell what lies ahead, but efforts should be stepped up in vigilance and to activate the existing hemorrhagic fever task forces,” Wondimagegnehu said. The government said earlier it was mobilizing health teams and…
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