With one case reported to have "snuck into" the capital of Kampala, to seek hospital treatment there, obviously the concern given our masthead is that more contacts of these cases will board planes at the international airport and depart from the capital, for points unknown -- across the globe. That is the source of both the cases seen in Pakistan and now Israel. Without a vaccine in hand. . . this cannot be allowed to become a wider regional viral chain. Here's a bit, from NPR:
. . .Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease.
The measures announced by President Yoweri Museveni mean residents of the central Ugandan districts of Mubende and Kassanda can't travel into or out of those areas by private or public means. Cargo vehicles and others transiting from Kampala, the capital, to southwestern Uganda are still allowed to operate, he said.
All entertainment places, including bars, as well as places of worship are ordered closed, and all burials in those districts must be supervised by health officials, he said. A nighttime curfew also has been imposed. The restrictions will last at least 21 days. . . .
Now you know. This is a very serious, and developing, situation -- now over 1,000 contacts are known to exist -- and yet not all can be monitored in the two districts, with the persistent travel patterns of workers who need to move about to earn wages, to survive. Onward -- to a gray dawn, on Monday. . . after Vampire interviews (new form), later tonight. Grin.
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