Although Government of Uganda had earlier mentioned that the deadly Ebola disease had been contained, two new cases have emerged in Kibale district- the same place where several people succumbed to the deadly viral epidemic.
Medical officials in Kibaale district have registered two new suspected Ebola cases.
Uganda’s Monitor reported that Gertrude Keneema (25) and her four-year child, Tidiya Birungi, were admitted to Kagadi Hospital isolation ward on Sunday afternoon with clinical symptoms similar to those of Ebola.
“They are admitted in an isolation ward at the hospital. They have received medication and they are stable,” the District health officer Dr Dan Kyamanywa said Tuesday.
He says medical experts then carried out investigations to establish whether they had come into contact with an Ebola patient.
“They do not have that history,” Dr Kyamanywa said adding that the two had fever, and were vomiting as well as passing blood.
“We extracted a blood sample from them and sent it to the Uganda virus research institute for testing” Kyamanywa added.
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