The World Health Organization has said that authorities are halting the spread of Ebola.
Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told reporters in
Kampala that everyone known to have had contact with Ebola victims has
been isolated.
Health officials have created an "Ebola contact list" with names of
people who had even the slightest contact with those who contracted
Ebola. The list now bears 176 names.
"The structure put in place is more than adequate," Saweka said. "We are isolating the suspected or confirmed cases."
Ebola was confirmed in Uganda on July 28, several days after a few
people died in a remote corner of western Uganda. At least 16 Ugandans
have died of the disease.
Saweka said that organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are helping Ugandan
officials to control the spread of Ebola.
This is the fourth outbreak of Ebola in Uganda since 2000, when the
disease killed 224 people and left hundreds more traumatized in northern
Uganda.
Ebola is highly infectious and kills quickly. The disease was first
reported in 1976 in Congo and is named for the river where it was
recognized, according to the CDC.
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