Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills two
15 November 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20338014
There was
another outbreak of Ebola that killed two people in Uganda. Two members of the same family have been
found dead and a possible third. The
last out break of Ebola happened in July when 17 were reported dead. According to the medical charity there had
been no reported cases since August. Dr Ondoa one of the doctors on the case
stated that investigators found Ebola in Luwerro about 37 miles from the
capital, Kampala. There were five people
that came into contact with the people that died and they are being closely
monitored. Two of which have been admitted
into an isolation unit Kampalas main Mulago hospital. There is currently no known cure for Ebola
but people can be treated with antibiotics, and other medicines to help combat
pain and for other common diseases such as malaria. All of which help strengthen their resistance
to Ebola. The Ebola virus causes death
in about 90% of human cases. Dr Ondoa
stated that the disease is very infectious and is capable of killing people in
a very short period of time but that it is also very preventable. Over the past few years Ugnada has seen many
Ebola outbreaks. The most severe one
being in 2000, when 425 people were infected and more than half of them died.
Hearing that there is another Ebola outbreak
doesn’t surprise me, especially coming form Africa. They do not have the technology or the money
to allow them to combat this disease.
One of the pieces of advice they gave the people of Uganda was to avoid
gatherings, because the disease travels from person to person via contact. Im glad that they are aware that these out
breaks are a problem I just wish they were doing more to try and prevent
them. Then again we don’t know what the
sewage system is like in Uganda and that could play a major role in why there
out breaks are so frequent.
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