The Ebola outbreak in Uganda, which has infected 65 people and killed 27, should be under control and over by the end of the year, the country’s information ministry said Friday.
Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday that the outbreak, declared a month ago, could spread, but it could be managed.
The government has introduced a three-week lockdown around the epicenter of the outbreak of the Sudanese variant of the Ebola virus in central Uganda. increase.
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On October 20, only one new case of Ebola was registered by the Ministry of Health, Communications Minister Godfrey Kabyanga said in a statement.
“The latest status update from the Ministry of Health shows that the epidemic is indeed being brought under control,” Kabyanga added.
“Therefore, the government is optimistic that with public cooperation, this epidemic will be reversed and wiped out by the end of 2022,” he said.
There is currently no proven vaccine or treatment for the Sudan variant of Ebola, one of four Ebola viruses known to cause hemorrhagic fever in humans.
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Last week, the United States sent Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir and Map Biopharmaceuticals’ experimental Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda to help protect health care workers.