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Ugonjwa wa Virusi vya Ebola (EVD) umekatisha maisha ya mhudumu mwingine wa afya wakati nchi ikipambana kudhibiti kuenea kwa virusi hivyo, Wizara ya Afya imeripoti.
Dkt Jane Ruth Aceng, Waziri wa Afya alitangaza kifo cha Bi Margaret Nabisubi, Afisa wa Ganzi, leo Jumatano asubuhi.
"Muuguzi huyo mwenye umri wa miaka 58 aliaga dunia saa 10.33 Alfajiri katika Hospitali ya Fort Portal (JMedic) baada ya kuugua ugonjwa huo kwa siku 17," Dk Aceng alisema kwenye ukurasa wake wa Twitter.
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She added: "The late Margaret is the 4th health worker we have lost in the current Ebola outbreak after the probable case of the midwife, Dr. Mohammed Ali and the health assistant in Kagadi District. May their souls rest in eternal peace."
The death of health workers comes a week after President Museveni said the disease is easy to contain.
Since the outbreak was announced last month, the confirmed cases had increased from 1 to 43 and the deaths have also increased from 1 to 9 as of Tuesday.
The case-fatality rate for the disease ranges from 25 percent to 90 percent, according to the World Health Organisation. This is higher than that of Covid-19, whose case-fatality rate is at around 3 percent.
According to the Health Ministry, EVD is transmitted through contact with the blood, stool or fluids of an infected person and objects that have been contaminated with body fluids from an infected person.
One can also contract the disease through contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as fruit bats and other wild animals.
The known symptoms of Ebola include high body temperatures, fatigue, chest pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, unexplained bleeding, yellowing of the eyes. Bleeding is usually a late presentation after the above symptoms, according to the Health Ministry.
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Dkt Jane Ruth Aceng, Waziri wa Afya alitangaza kifo cha Bi Margaret Nabisubi, Afisa wa Ganzi, leo Jumatano asubuhi.
"Muuguzi huyo mwenye umri wa miaka 58 aliaga dunia saa 10.33 Alfajiri katika Hospitali ya Fort Portal (JMedic) baada ya kuugua ugonjwa huo kwa siku 17," Dk Aceng alisema kwenye ukurasa wake wa Twitter.
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She added: "The late Margaret is the 4th health worker we have lost in the current Ebola outbreak after the probable case of the midwife, Dr. Mohammed Ali and the health assistant in Kagadi District. May their souls rest in eternal peace."
The death of health workers comes a week after President Museveni said the disease is easy to contain.
Since the outbreak was announced last month, the confirmed cases had increased from 1 to 43 and the deaths have also increased from 1 to 9 as of Tuesday.
The case-fatality rate for the disease ranges from 25 percent to 90 percent, according to the World Health Organisation. This is higher than that of Covid-19, whose case-fatality rate is at around 3 percent.
According to the Health Ministry, EVD is transmitted through contact with the blood, stool or fluids of an infected person and objects that have been contaminated with body fluids from an infected person.
One can also contract the disease through contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as fruit bats and other wild animals.
The known symptoms of Ebola include high body temperatures, fatigue, chest pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, unexplained bleeding, yellowing of the eyes. Bleeding is usually a late presentation after the above symptoms, according to the Health Ministry.
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