Uganda reports additional Ebola death
10th case, 2nd death in current outbreak
Just a couple of weeks after the Uganda Ministry of Health reported all eight of the Sudan ebolavirus disease (SVD) survivors in the current outbreak were discharged from treatment centers following two negative tests, the World Health Organization’s Uganda office reported an additional case/death in an X post:
Following the declaration of the Sudan Ebola outbreak on 30th January 2025, the Ministry of Health reports an additional positive case in Mulago hospital of a four-and-a-half-year-old child, who tragically passed away on 25th February. WHO continues to support Uganda’s Ebola response efforts. Our teams are working with Uganda Ministry of Health and partners to strengthen surveillance, active case searching, contact listing and tracing, infection, prevention and control in health facilities, case management and community engagement to halt the spread of the virus.
The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 10 and two deaths.
On January 30, 2025, MOH declared an outbreak of SVD in the country after a 30 something Ugandan male who worked as a nurse in Mulago National Referral Hospital tested positive for the virus following his death on January 29, 2025.
Sudan virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates that is due to Orthoebolavirus sudanense (Sudan virus), a viral species belonging to the same genus of the virus causing Ebola virus disease. Case fatality rates of Sudan virus disease have varied from 41% to 100% in past outbreaks. There are no approved treatments or vaccines for Sudan virus. Early initiation of supportive treatment has been shown to significantly reduce deaths from Sudan virus disease.
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