Dorcas Wangira
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
The first case is a male nurse, a 32-year-old male nurse who had been ill for five days. He had been to several hospitals in different parts of Uganda before coming to the capital where he unfortunately died. And he had also seen a traditional healer before his death.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
So the health authorities now are trying to assure the people that they are in control, that they're trying to contain the outbreak. So they have come up with several measures, including tracing anyone who came into contact with him.
Global News Podcast
Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
And they're also making plans for vaccination for those who have been in contact with him, particularly the health care workers, because he went to different health care facilities.
Global News Podcast
Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
Yes, it is. You know, you cannot see a disease with your eye. You cannot see a virus with your eye. But as difficult as it may be to trace everyone who may be infected, this first case went to specific health care facilities. So they're able to look at the health care workers, family members who are in contact with him.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
But the thing with Ebola and contact tracing is that there are known signs and there are known symptoms. So that besides just knowing who did this person come into contact with, they're also on the lookout for the same symptoms that he had.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
Well, so whenever there is an outbreak, obviously it's always a cause to worry, particularly because this patient died yesterday. But when you look at the many places he was able to visit, it's not just Kampala, it's different places. So far, it's a face of the ministry saying we are in control. It's not a cause for panic or alarm, but it is something to worry about.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
That's correct. We do say that a disease anywhere is a disease everywhere. Yesterday, in the Africa Centers for Disease Prevention and Control briefing, the Director General, Dr. Jean Kaseya, said that they are also suspecting another outbreak of Ebola in the DRC, where they're suspecting 12 cases. So it's not just about Uganda. Kampala is interconnected with Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
and even South Sudan. And this particular type of Ebola is known as the Sudan Ebola virus, because there are different types of it. So the one thing they always try to find out is where could it have possibly come from and where else could it spread.