Team of infected doctors
Van Gelder says the outbreak was officially declared a month ago. “A whole team of doctors was infected, among other things, during a bowel operation. The patient was found to be infected with Ebola. At least one person on the team died. The first death from Ebola also occurred in the capital Kampala. worry about quantity. ” Van Gelder says the disease has always been in the countryside. “We saw infections and deaths in the countryside. This man also lived in the countryside, but he went to the capital to visit a traditional healer. It is feared that he infected several people on his journey. Now there is an important investigation contact”, says van Gelder.
Confinement
“The disease is terrible,” van Gelder continues his story. “The infectious disease causes bleeding in the body. It can be transmitted through body fluids, so it is less contagious than, for example, the coronavirus, but many times more deadly. The president urged people who have ailments and symptoms to stay away from healers. He asks them to go to treatment centers. They have set up isolation facilities in several communities. The government has also imposed a blockade in various parts of Uganda. ” However, there is no end in sight yet. “There is no vaccine available for this Sudanese variant. The World Health Organization is doing its best to prepare the vaccines. But we don’t know if it will work for this wave,” van Gelder concludes.
