Ebola outbreak in Kampala: WHO warns of dramatically rising cases!

Ebola outbreak in Kampala: WHO warns of dramatically rising cases!

Kampala, Uganda - Again the world is shaken by the deadly Ebola epidemic: a four-year-old child in Uganda has died, the first confirmed victim of a flaming outbreak. As the Kleine Zeitung was reported in the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, the capital of the country. Before this tragic incident, a nurse from the clinic had already lost his life in January. Ebola, a virus that is mainly transferred through contact with the body fluids of an infected person, shows symptoms such as weakness, muscle pain, headache and thermal pain and diarrhea.

The World Health Organization (WHO) raises the alarm: In a further warning, it fears that in the next few weeks up to 10,000 new Ebola cases per week in the heavily affected countries could occur in West Africa such as Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, provided that the measures against the epidemic are not reinforced. The Information from Deutschlandfunk openly lay out that the mortality rate in these regions is terrifying. Dr. Bruce Aylward, Deputy WHO General Director, emphasizes that it is necessary to take immediate measures to prevent the virus from being spread, since each infected patient infects an average of two other people.

global effects and measures

In the middle of this alarming location, another Ebola patient from West Africa is treated in Germany, which was flown to Leipzig. However, the 56-year-old died after intensive medical treatment. Another person, a doctor from Uganda, is under treatment in Frankfurt, while a patient from the Senegal could be successfully released from a Hamburg clinic. The clinic emphasizes that there is no risk of infection for the public.