Uganda Reports 9 New Cases Of Ebola Confirmation In Kamala, Minister Of Health Urges,waspadatan

Illustration of Ebola handling in Africa. (Wikimedia Commons/Corporal Paul Shaw/ABIPP)

JAKARTA - Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the past two days, health minister said Monday.

The outbreak began in September in rural parts of central Uganda. Ebola cases spread earlier this month to Kampala, a city of more than 1.6 million people, after a man came from Kassanda district for medical treatment and later died.

Seven of the nine who tested positive on Sunday were family members of the man who died and came from the Masanafu Kamala environment, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said in a tweet.

"Another person is a health worker who takes care of his man and wife at a private clinic," he said.

"The people of Uganda, let's be vigilant. Report yourself if you have contacts or know someone who has made contact," Aceng said in his tweet.

Meanwhile, Health Ministry spokeswoman Emmanuel Ainebyoona said all patients in Kamparala were isolated when they showed symptoms, reducing their chances of transmitting the virus.

It is known, Ebola spreads through contact with the body fluids of the infected person.

There have been more than 90 confirmed cases and possibly in Uganda since the start of the outbreak, including at least 44 deaths, according to a statement by the World Health Ministry and Organization (WHO).

The virus circulating in Uganda is a type of Ebola in Sudan, whose vaccine has not been proven, unlike the more common type of Zare that spread during the recent outbreak in neighboring countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ebola generally kills about half of the infected people. Symptoms include severe weakness, muscle aches, headache and sore throat, vomiting and diarrhea.