The Latest Ebola (Sudan Variant) Outbreak In Uganda -- Is Now Arrested. No New Cases, In 42 Days Since Last Patient Left Hospital...

This is a catch up item from last week. It is indeed very good news for Ugandans in Kampala.

Here's CIDRAP on it -- from Friday, while we were incapacitated. Grin.

. . .If no new Ebola Sudan cases are reported today in Uganda’s Ebola Sudan outbreak, the country will declare the end of its outbreak tomorrow after passing two incubation periods with no new cases since the last patient was discharged from care on March 15, officials from the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said this week.

The outbreak total remains at 14 cases, including 12 confirmed and 2 probable. Four deaths were reported, putting the case-fatality rate at 29%, lower than the 41% to 70% levels seen in other outbreaks involving Ebola Sudan. The outbreak is Uganda’s sixth Ebola Sudan event. . . .

Now you know -- warm and sunny Spring air here means. . . bike riding ahead at lunch! Lake breezes calling. . . smile.

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