By Emegwoako C. Paschal
The Africa Centre for Disease Control said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was still manageable and that no emergency measures were required.
At an online briefing, Acting Director of Africa CDC Ahmed Ogwell Ouma told reporters that “the risk is there, but it is a manageable risk,” adding that there was no need to go into “full emergency measures mode” at this time.
Since the outbreak began last month, there have been 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases, as well as 44 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
The Sudan strain is spreading in Uganda, and existing vaccines and treatments are ineffective against it.
Ouma stated that vaccine trials were planned, but no timetable for the tests was given.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda announced on Saturday that the government was implementing some lockdown measures.
Museveni stated that the measures include restricting movement and closing places of worship and entertainment in the central Ugandan districts of Mubende and Kassanda, which are at the epicenter of the epidemic.
