The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Uganda next week will host a ministerial meeting on the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine and has caused alarm in the East Africa region, reports AP.
CDC acting director Ahmed Ogwell told journalists on Thursday the three countries that suffered the devastating West Africa outbreak of Ebola in 2014-16, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, also are invited to the October 12 meeting.
Ebola outbreak in central Uganda has a 69 per cent case fatality rate, which Ogwell called “very high,” and four health workers are among 10 people confirmed to have died of Ebola.There have been 43 confirmed cases. None have been in the capital, Kampala.
Ugandan scientists and their partners abroad are looking to deploy one of two possible vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola, the WHO representative to Uganda told reporters Thursday.
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