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The Public Health Ministry is beefing up health checks on incoming travellers from Africa in a bid to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.

Bangkok Post

Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital

Ugandan officials have reported 11 cases of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, since Friday, a worrisome increase in infections just over a month after an outbreak was declared in a remote part of the East African country

The Independent UK

Uganda says 9 more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala, urges vigilance

Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday.

Reuters

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Ebola in Uganda: why women must be central to the response

“No time for that” was the constant refrain heard by gender and women’s health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola response. This was an emergency and the main thing was to deal with the crisis.

The Conversation

Uganda says two new Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala hospital

Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

Reuters

WHO: Ugandan Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month

A top World Health Organization official says Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country

The Independent UK

Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official

A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks.”

The Independent UK

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U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak

The United States sent Gilead Sciences' remdesivir and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's experimental Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda last week to help safeguard healthcare workers responding to an outbreak that has infected 60 people and killed 44, U.S. government sources told Reuters.

Reuters

To Fight Ebola, Uganda Closes Two Regions And Bars Funerals

LONDON — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has unannounced an immediate travel lockdown for two districts in central Uganda that are currently battling an Ebola outbreak.

Zenger

Uganda Announces Limited Lockdown To Halt The Spread Of Ebola

Two districts will face a lockdown to help prevent the spread of the virus.

Zenger

Ebola: What measures is Uganda taking to fight the outbreak?

A lockdown has been announced in Mubende and Kassanda

Evening Standard

UN chief says Ethiopia 'spiralling out of control', calls for end of fighting in Tigray

The United Nations sounds the alarm about the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia.Calls for a ceasefire go unheeded as government forces seize control of a key city. Also, a lockdown comes into force in two districts of Uganda as Ebola cases rise. We report from neighbouring Rwanda on the attempts to…

France 24

Ebola outbreak in Uganda puts California doctors on alert

LOS ANGELES — California officials are urging doctors to be on alert for any signs of Ebola symptoms among people who have recently traveled to Uganda, the East African nation currently undergoing a significant outbreak.

Los Angeles Times

Uganda announces 3-week lockdown in desperate bid to stop spread of deadly Ebola virus

Places of worship, bars, gyms, saunas and other entertainment venues will close for the next three weeks, but schools will remain open in the areas affected by Ebola, the Ugandan government said

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The Guardian - US

Can long Covid research unlock other great medical mysteries of our time?

Attention and funding for research into mononucleosis, HIV, Lyme, Ebola, Sars and other infections have historically been limited – but long Covid changed that

The Independent UK

What is Ebola and what are the symptoms as Uganda hit by deadly new outbreak

There have so far been 58 confirmed cases and 19 deaths since the first case was diagnosed

The Independent UK

Ebola: Uganda announces three-week lockdown and curfew in two areas

At least 19 people have died of Ebola while authorities had previously ruled out lockdowns

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Uganda has locked down two districts in a bid to stem the spread of Ebola

Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease.

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To Fight Ebola, Uganda Closes Two Regions And Bars Funerals

While mines stay open, bars and churches and others without political connections have been closed by government order.

Reuters

Uganda introduces lockdown measures to halt spread of Ebola: president

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday the government was implementing an overnight curfew, closing places of worship and entertainment, and restricting movement into and out of two districts affected by Ebola for 21 days.

France 24

India halts production at factory linked to Gambia 'cough syrup' deaths

In tonight's edition: The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from suspected contaminated medicinal syrups sees Indian authorities shut down production at a pharmaceuticals company in Delhi. And the WHO hopes to start clinical trials for the strain of Ebola behind a deadly outbreak in Uganda. Finally, violent child…

The Independent UK

'Africa on its own': Little help in epidemics, says official

Africa must plan to respond effectively to disease outbreaks without outside help, a top public health official said Wednesday, warning that the continent of 1.3 billion people is “on its own” during pandemics

The Guardian - UK

Uganda is battling Ebola again – and the world doesn’t have a vaccine

Covid has led to pandemic fatigue, but for both humanitarian and self-interested reasons, global governments must help, says global public health expert Devi Sridhar

The Independent UK

US to screen Uganda passengers for Ebola virus as cases surge

The screenings have been ordered by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Independent UK

What is Ebola and what are the symptoms as Uganda hit by deadly new outbreak

There have so far been 44 confirmed cases and 10 deaths since the first case was diagnosed

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