Uganda to close schools nationwide after 8 children died of Ebola

综合2024-10-17 08:27:122
Uganda will close schools nationwide later in November after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country's first lady said on Tuesday.

Janet Museveni, who is also the education minister, said there had been ­cases in five schools in the capital Kampala, as well as the neighboring Wakiso district and Mubende, the epicenter of the outbreak.

She said the cabinet had agreed to close pre-primary, primary and secondary schools from November 25, two weeks before the scheduled end of term.

"Closing schools earlier will reduce areas of concentration where children are in daily close contact with fellow children, teachers and other staff who could potentially spread the virus," said the minister and wife of veteran President Yoweri Museveni.

On Saturday, Uganda extended a 3-week-long lockdown on Mubende and neighboring Kassanda, the two central districts at the heart of the outbreak which has claimed more than 50 lives.

The measures include a dusk-to-dawn curfew, a ban on personal travel and the closure of markets, bars and churches.

Since the outbreak was declared in Mubende on September 20, the disease has spread across the East African nation, including to the capital Kampala.

But the president has said nationwide curbs were not needed. 

According to government figures ­dated Sunday, a total of 53 people have died of Ebola out of 135 cases.

The World Health Organization last week said Uganda had registered over 150 confirmed and probable cases, including 64 fatalities.

Uganda's last recorded fatality from a previous Ebola outbreak was in 2019.

The strain now circulating is known as the Sudan Ebola virus, for which there is currently no vaccine, although there are several candidate vaccines heading toward clinical trials.


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