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13/01/23 08:59 AM IST

Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak: WHO

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  • Uganda declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus recently.
  • The country managed to end the outbreak in less than four months after the first case was confirmed in central Mubende district on September 20, 2022.
Ebola Virus
  • Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD), is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains.
  • The virus was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.
  • Symptoms of EVD can include fever, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding or bruising).
  • Human transmission is through body fluids, with the main symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea. People who are infected do not become contagious until symptoms appear, which is after an incubation period of between two and 21 days.
Source- DTE

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