KAMPALA, Uganda — A nurse within the Ugandan capital, Kampala, died after testing optimistic for Ebola, a well being official mentioned Thursday, within the first recorded fatality for the reason that final outbreak resulted in 2023.
Diana Atwine, everlasting secretary of the well being ministry, advised reporters Thursday that the 32-year-old male affected person was an worker of the principle referral hospital in Kampala.
After creating a fever, the affected person was handled at a number of places in Uganda earlier than a number of lab assessments confirmed he was affected by Ebola.
Ebola, which is unfold by contact with bodily fluids of an contaminated individual or contaminated supplies, manifests as a lethal hemorrhagic fever. Signs embody fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle ache and at instances inner and exterior bleeding.
Uganda has had a number of Ebola outbreaks, together with one in 2000 that killed a whole lot.