By Barbra Muhindo,
Dr. Amon Bwambale, the Kasese District Health Officer, has called for more vigilance among the local community members against Ebola in Uganda where nine cases have so far been registered in the greater Kampala region.
Whereas Kampala has been gazatted as a hot spot for Ebola so far, Dr. Amon who said all measures were being put in place to prevent the spread of the disease, warned the local community members against crowds, all high-risk activities such as: having unprotected direct contact with sick people, participating in unsafe burial practices, handling or feasting on alive, sick or dead un reliable domestic and wild animal for their safety. Dr. Amon speaking1……
As government, Dr. Amon said screening exercises had been resumed at border points against the virus he said requires community compliance and vigilance to combat. Dr. Amon speaking 2…….
He later listed sudden onset of fever, severe weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat that are often followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function and in some cases internal and external bleeding, as some of the symptoms of Ebola. END