Ebola Virus Disease outbreak spills over into Uganda

On 11th June 2019, Ministry of Health declared the 6th outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country, in Kasese district, South Western Uganda. The first reported case was a five-year-old child with a recent history of travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This child was one of 6 people that travelled from the DRC while still being monitored as suspect cases following a burial of a grandfather who succumbed to EVD. The child was ill and his moth-er took him for medical care at Kagando Hospital in Kasese District. He presented with symptoms of vomiting blood, bloody diarrhea, muscle pain, headache, fatigue and abdominal pain. The child tested positive for Ebola Zaire by PCR and unfortunately later died on 11th June 2019. Two other members of the family, a grandmother and 3-year-old brother also tested positive for Ebola on 12 June 2019. These later passed away as well.
The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Kasese District Local Government and a number of development and implementing part-ners responded effectively to the outbreak and curbed spread of Ebola.