Currently, there are 32 cases admitted on the isolation ward. However, due to the increasing number of patients, a second isolation ward and a convalescent ward for admitted cases that have tested negative to Ebola have been opened at Kagadi hospital.
The new isolation center constructed by MSF will begin operations on 4 August 2012. Additional staff from other districts with experience of managing previous Ebola outbreaks have been deployed to support and manage the isolation centre. WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health’s response to the outbreak. To date, WHO has deployed epidemiologists and logisticians; and provided essential equipment for personal protection and safe disposal of the deceased.
WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Uganda.
What was your source for that map? Uganda Gov. or WHO? Please accept that I am not hectoring you, just seeking source as it identifies the original publisher’s interests. We all know that African news orgs are easily controlled.
The difficulty with the showing of political administrative district maps is that ZERO pertinent information is conveyed.
How is it that on that map that Matale, to the SE stands aprt as an island apart from the main cluster? Did the virus parachute in? Doubt Uganda Gov will provide answers until they can form their “narrative”.
We encountered this in precious outbreaks as the Gov became more involved information flow was strangled until only self-serving political statements were releleased.
Any news from Medicins sans Frontieres yet?