Ebola in Uganda-Marburg in Tanzania updates
Ebola in Uganda
In a follow-up on the Sudan ebolavirus outbreak declared on January 30 in Uganda, the Africa CDC now reports a cumulative four confirmed cases and one death, for a case fatality of 25%.
The Ministry of Health has activated national level emergency operations center and the incident management system and deployed a rapid response team to coordinate the regional level response.
To date, 187 contacts have been identified and are under follow-up, including 34 healthcare workers and 11 family members.
Additionally, the MOH conducted a safe and dignified burial for the deceased in accordance with infection prevention protocols.
To mitigate further spread, the MOH will immediately vaccinating all identified contacts and frontline healthcare workers using the stock of remaining Ebola vaccines in the country.
This is the eight Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda. The last outbreak was in September 2022, resulting in 142 cases and 55 deaths (39.3% CFR) across nine districts.
Marburg in Tanzania
On January 20, the Tanzania government declared an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Biharamulo district, Kagera region, in northwest Tanzania.
To date, officials have reported 10 cumulative cases (2 confirmed and 8 probable) and 10 deaths (CFR 100%) in the Kagera region.
The Tanzania MOH and the Africa CDC have deployed multi-disciplinary rapid response teams to the affected region.
A total of 281 contacts have been listed to date, 64 who are healthcare workers. Of these contacts, 242 have completed 21 days of follow-up.
In addition, response efforts are underway including enhanced surveillance, alert management, case management, infection prevention and control, risk communication and community engagement within the affected communities.
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