Uganda president lifts all Ebola-related motion restrictions

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni lifted a two-month lockdown after the East African nation made progress in curbing the Ebola illness.

Kampala,UPDATED: Dec 18, 2022 07:12 IST

Motorists and cyclists are seen at a visitors mild intersection amid the Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, November 16, 2022. (Reuters picture)

By Reuters: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni lifted all Ebola-related motion restrictions on Saturday, saying the East African nation had made progress in curbing the lethal illness.

Museveni rescinded restrictions on the illness’s epicentre within the district of Mubende, which logged 66 instances and 29 deaths, and within the Kassanda area with 49 instances and 21 deaths.

“Currently, there is no transmission, no contact under follow-up, no patients in the isolation facilities, and we are progressing well with the count down,” Museveni stated in a press release.

Officials first confirmed the outbreak in September and stated it was the Sudan pressure of the illness, which kills 40%-60% of these it infects, and for which there isn’t a confirmed vaccine.

In October, the Kampala authorities imposed journey restrictions and an in a single day curfew and likewise shut locations of worship and leisure. Earlier this month, Uganda stated it had discharged its final Ebola affected person.

Ebola causes vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea and spreads by way of contact with bodily fluids of the contaminated. The virus can typically linger within the eyes, central nervous system and bodily fluids of survivors and flare up years later.

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Dec 18, 2022