Two Ebola patients discharged in Uganda after recovering from the disease

Oct. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least two people admitted for Ebola in Uganda have been discharged in the last few hours, according to the authorities, who have indicated that they will become “ambassadors” in their places of residence to raise awareness of the dangers of the disease.

“These two people should be our ambassadors in their areas of residence so that Ebola is cured. We are grateful to the health teams,” said the Ugandan Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng, according to the Ugandan newspaper ‘Daily Monitor’. .

Dr. Paskar Apiyo, who is leading the response team to the declared Ebola outbreak in Mubende district, has expressed his satisfaction with the recovery of these patients. “For the last three days they have shown no symptoms and were able to walk and do normal tasks,” he said.

For his part, Alex Ssebayiga, one of the recovered patients, has indicated that he lost his son and “did not know what was behind the disease” until he was evacuated to the hospital. “I lost hope. I have two children admitted to the isolation ward, but I pray that they recover,” he stressed.

The Ugandan Ministry of Health has pointed out in its latest balance that to date 38 cases and eight deaths have been confirmed, with 24 patients admitted and 473 contacts traced since the outbreak was declared.

Uganda declared the Ebola outbreak on September 20 after confirming the death of a patient who tested positive, after which the World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out that the confirmation took place as a result of an investigation by the national rapid response team after six “suspicious deaths” in the district in the last month.

The agency stressed that the outbreak corresponds to the Zaire strain. To date, seven outbreaks of this strain have been detected — four in Uganda and three in Sudan. Uganda reported its last case of this strain in 2012, while in 2019 it declared an outbreak of the Zaire strain, imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).