Ebola cases in Kampala have risen to 14 after nine more people tested positive, the Ministry of Health has announced.
The Ministry of Health also confirmed that seven family members in Kampala have tested positive for Ebola virus.
According to Health Minister, Dr.Jane Ruth Aceng, the seven were part of the nine individuals confirmed positive for Ebola in Greater Kampala Metropolitan area.
“The nine cases are of the fatal case who came from Kassanda district and passed on in Mulago Hospital. Seven family members are from Masanafu and one health worker who managed him in a private clinic together with his wife from Seguku,” Dr. Aceng said.
She revealed that currently, the total number of Ebola cases confirmed in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area now stands at 14 in the last 48 hours.
Countrywide, the cumulative number of Ebola cases confirmed in the country is 84 with 28 cumulative deaths.
“Fellow Ugandans, let’s be vigilant. Report yourself if you have had contact or know of a person who has had contact. Let us cooperate to end Ebola,” Dr.Aceng said.
The development comes on the backdrop of the imposition of a lockdown and curfew in the districts of Mubende and Kassanda for 21 days over the Ebola virus.
In the two districts Ebola was first reported in Uganda last month.