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Masaka — Health experts have opened investigations into the death of four people suspected to have succumbed to the contagious Ebola -like symptoms in Masaka District.
The first suspicious death was reported late last month from Kasaka parish in Buwunga Sub-county, after one person identified as Wilberforce Ssenkubuge died upon showing strange signs related to the deadly haemorrhagic fever- Ebola.
Ssenkubuge is reported to have died after suffering from advanced fever, accompanied by abnormal pain, immense vomiting, passing out bloody stool and yellow eyes, which are known symptoms of Ebola fever.
Dr Stuart Musisi, the Masaka District health officer, on Wednesday confirmed that three similar deaths have so far occurred within one month and continues to receive patients with the same symptoms, something that has called for specialised investigation into this strange illness that has scared the community.
see more at: http://allafrica.com/stories/201604010835.html
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Re: Uganda: Ebola Scare - Masaka Samples Negative
allafrica.com - by Martins E. Ssekweyama - April 4, 2016
Masaka — Preliminary results from the samples taken from suspected Ebola victims in Masaka Regional Referral Hospital have tested negative, easing tension that had gripped health workers and residents in the area.
The hospital currently has six patients admitted with a strange illness that has symptoms similar to those of the deadly haemorrhagic fever - Ebola and Marburg diseases or Rift Valley fever.
Prior to admission of the patients, the district had registered four deaths with similar symptoms in one-and-half months. The deaths were reported in the parishes of Kasaka and Mazinga in Buwunga Sub-county.
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