Tag Archives: Outbreak

Viewers: 50,003 By Spy Uganda  Health authorities in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are battling to contain a growing Ebola outbreak that has claimed more than 40 confirmed lives, prompting intensified response measures from governments and international health agencies. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention …

Health authorities in Jinja district have confirmed a bilharzia outbreak on Kisima I and Kisima II islands in Southern Division, Jinja city, after laboratory tests revealed a high infection rate among residents. The islands lie on Lake Victoria along the border between Jinja and Buikwe districts. The outbreak was confirmed following a surveillance exercise conducted last week, during which health …

Viewers: 90,003 By Spy Uganda Scientists at a leading biomedical research centre in Senegal played a critical role in identifying a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship stranded off Cape Verde, helping global health officials respond rapidly to a potential international health emergency. The alarm was raised in early May after passengers aboard the expedition cruise ship MV …

Kampala– As we are left with few days to the State of the Nation Address where President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is expected to address the Country men on a number of issues in the country, the Parliament has issued new guidelines to be followed. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni  According to Mr. Adolf Mwesige, the Clerk to Parliament, this has been as a …

Geneva, Switzerland — Uganda’s latest engagement with the World Health Organization (WHO) over the Ebola/Bundibugyo Virus Disease situation has once again placed the country at the centre of an increasingly important global policy debate: how governments balance public health protection with economic continuity in an interconnected world. During a briefing convened in Geneva by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Uganda …

Viewers: 90,004 By Spy Uganda Ugandan health authorities have traced and isolated 127 people, most of them frontline health workers, in an aggressive effort to prevent the spread of Ebola after two imported cases of the Sudan strain were confirmed in Kampala. Officials from the Ministry of Health said the two patients, both nationals of the Democratic Republic of …

Viewers: 90,000 By Spy Uganda The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern” after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths were reported. In a social media post on Sunday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the outbreak does …

The ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease following the death of a 59-year-old Congolese national who had been admitted to Kibuli Muslim hospital in Kampala.According to a statement issued by the ministry on Friday evening, the patient was admitted on May 11 after presenting symptoms including respiratory distress, fever, epigastric pain, nausea and difficulty …

Viewers: 80,002 By Spy Uganda The Ministry of Health Uganda has assured the public that Uganda remains safe and that there is “no cause for alarm” following the death of a Congolese national who succumbed to Ebola Virus Disease in Kampala earlier this week. In an official press release issued on May 16, 2026, the Uganda Media Centre said …