Uganda imposes lockdown-like curbs to stem Ebola unfold

Ugandan authorities has imposed in a single day curfew, closed locations of worship and leisure and restricted motion to stem Ebola unfold.

Nairobi,UPDATED: Oct 16, 2022 15:00 IST

Ugandan well being staff communicate to members of the neighborhood earlier than finishing up the primary vaccination train in opposition to the ebola virus in Kirembo village (Photo: Reuters)

By Reuters:

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni stated on Saturday the federal government was implementing an in a single day curfew, closing locations of worship and leisure, and proscribing motion into and out of two districts affected by Ebola for 21 days.

The measures geared toward curbing the unfold of the illness shall be launched instantly in Mubende and Kassanda districts in central Uganda, the epicentre of the epidemic, he stated in a televised nationwide tackle.

“These are temporary measures to control the spread of Ebola. We should all cooperate with authorities so we bring this outbreak to an end in the shortest possible time,” Museveni stated.

Museveni stated 19 folks have died for the reason that east African nation introduced the outbreak of the lethal hemorrhagic fever on September 20.

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