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CNN —Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared an immediate three-week lockdown in two high risk districts as the country battles a rise in Ebola infections. Places of worship, bars, gyms, saunas and other entertainment venues will close but schools will remain open, he added. The Ugandan health ministry will also increase contact tracing and assistance to local health facilities. Speaking at a media briefing earlier this month, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the vaccines used successfully to curb recent Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are not effective against the type of Ebola virus now circulating in Uganda. Museveni declared an Ebola outbreak in September after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed and cases began to rise across districts.

☆ Uganda introduces lockdown measures to halt spread of Ebola: president
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NAIROBI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Uganda President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday the government was implementing an overnight curfew, closing places of worship and entertainment, and restricting movement into and out of two districts affected by Ebola for 21 days. The measures aimed at curbing the spread of the disease will be introduced immediately in Mubende and Kassanda districts in central Uganda, the epicentre of the epidemic, he said in a televised national address. "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 said. Museveni said 19 people have died since the east African nation announced the outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever on Sept. 20.

☆ ‘Africa on its own’: Little help in epidemics, says official
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Africa must plan to respond effectively to disease outbreaks without international help, a top public health official said Wednesday, warning that the continent of 1.3 billion people is “on its own” during pandemics. “This is not the first outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola virus here in Africa and particularly here in Uganda,” he said. He said no help has come to Africa, where more monkeypox deaths have been reported this year than anywhere in the world. “Recently, during the pandemic, when we saw the number of monkeypox cases growing here in Africa, we issued a global alert but no help came to Africa,” he said. “In fact, today, as we see the tail end of the pandemic, there’s still no help coming to Africa for monkeypox.

☆ Deadly Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Uganda’s Capital
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KAMPALA Uganda—A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has spread from rural Uganda into the capital, Kampala, the country’s Health Ministry said Wednesday, raising further fears of a wider spread of the deadly Sudan strain for which there are no proven vaccines or antiviral treatments. Nineteen people are confirmed dead from the hemorrhagic fever since Ugandan health authorities announced that a 24-year-old man was killed by the relatively rare Sudan strain of Ebola last month. Nineteen others, including six members of the man’s family, are also believed to have died as far back as early August, but were never tested, the health ministry said.

☆ WHO calls for more international aide to prevent Ebola from spreading beyond Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The World Health Organization is working with Uganda to prevent a deadly Ebola outbreak in the East African nation from spreading to neighboring nations, the global health agency's chief said on Wednesday. Health authorities in Uganda have identified 74 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola across five districts, according to the WHO. Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola in late September after person from a village in the central region of the country tested positive for the virus. Ebola symptoms include unexplained hemorrhaging, bleeding or bruising as well as fever, severe headaches, muscle and joint pain, weakness and fatigue, sore throat, loss of appetite, stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the CDC. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra last week offered his counterpart in Uganda support from the Health and Human Services Department.

☆ WHO calls for more international aid to prevent Ebola from spreading beyond Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The World Health Organization is working with Uganda to prevent a deadly Ebola outbreak in the East African nation from spreading to neighboring nations, the global health agency's chief said on Wednesday. Health authorities in Uganda have identified 74 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola across five districts, according to the WHO. Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola in late September after a person from a village in the central region of the country tested positive for the virus. Ebola symptoms include unexplained hemorrhaging, bleeding or bruising as well as fever, severe headaches, muscle and joint pain, weakness and fatigue, sore throat, loss of appetite, stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the CDC. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra last week offered his counterpart in Uganda support from the Health and Human Services Department.

☆ Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends the 75th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseKAMPALA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in Uganda reached the capital, stirring alarm. The East African country declared an outbreak of Ebola on Sept. 20 and said infections were being caused by the Sudan strain. There have been worries the spread of infection in Uganda could be difficult to control because currently there is no vaccine for the Sudan strain. Although it has no vaccine, WHO has previously said the Sudan strain is less transmissible and has shown a lower fatality rate in previous outbreaks than Ebola Zaire.

☆ Ebola case confirmed in Uganda's capital Kampala - Health Minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

KAMPALA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An ebola case in the latest outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever in Uganda has been confirmed in the country's capital Kampala, according to the health minister. The person died on October 7th and the ebola infection was confirmed posthumously from a sample that had been taken from him before he was buried, the minister, Jane Ruth Aceng said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Elias Biryabarema Editing by James Macharia ChegeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Weekly Health Quiz: Medical Tests, Malaria and Teeth Whitening
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Knvul Sheikh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Due to a new Ebola outbreak, the Biden administration has said that travelers from which country should now be redirected to airports where they can be screened for the virus?

☆ Video: How Uganda is fighting to contain another Ebola outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Uganda is fighting its second Ebola outbreak since 2019 - but with new tactics learned during the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN's Larry Madowo reports.

☆ Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said Monday. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was detected in the country’s Mubende district. The virus has now spread to neighboring Kyegegwa and Kassanda districts, with the Ugandan Health Ministry reporting that cumulative cases had risen to 36, including confirmed and probable cases. The ministry considers “confirmed cases” as those with positive lab results. However, the Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) vaccine has been found to be effective in protecting against the Zaire variant of the Ebola virus.

☆ Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, Uganda June 16, 2019. The outbreak had also now spread to three districts, all in central Uganda. The east African country last week announced the outbreak of Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever whose symptoms include intense body weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, vomiting, diarrhoea and rashes among others. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe current outbreak, attributed to the Ebola Sudan strain, appears to have started in a small village in Mubende district around the beginning of September, authorities have said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Elias Biryabarema Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 11 dead in suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Nimi Princewill | Anneclaire Stapleton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) In the last 24 hours, Uganda has recorded four confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 11, the country's health ministry reported Friday in a statement. The Ugandan Health Ministry considers a "probable case" as any person who died from suspected EVD (ebola) and had an epidemiological link to a confirmed case but was not tested and did not have lab confirmation. The ministry considers "confirmed cases" for those with positive lab results. Providing more details on the spread, the ministry said a total of 58 contacts of the confirmed cases had been traced. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak on Tuesday after a case of the rare Sudan strain was detected in the country.

☆ Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/James AkenaKAMPALA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a strain for which the authorities do not yet have a vaccine, officials said on Thursday. "As of today, we have seven confirmed cases, of whom we have one confirmed death," Kyobe Henry Bbosa, Ebola incident commander at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, told a briefing. However, Otim said the Sudan strain posed a greater threat because the world did not yet have a vaccine for it like it has with the Zaire strain. In 2019, Uganda experienced an outbreak of Ebola Zaire. In August, a new case of Ebola virus was confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Congo.

☆ One-year-old dies as 11 more suspected Ebola cases identified in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( David Mckenzie | Allegra Goodwin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) Uganda's Ministry of Health reported another 11 suspected cases of Ebola identified in the country's Mubende district as of Tuesday. Of these, the ministry recorded one probable Ebola-related death, a one-year-old, it said in a statement released Tuesday night. Samples for the one-year-old and the 10 suspected cases undergoing isolation are being tested at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, the ministry said. So far, 11 suspected cases, one confirmed case, and six cases considered probable have been identified as of Tuesday night. That case was confirmed after testing a sample from a 24-year-old man in the Mubende district, who the ministry said died after displaying symptoms.

☆ Outbreak of Rare Ebola Strain Declared in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at Uganda’s health ministry, said a 24-year-old man was found to have been infected with the Sudan strain of Ebola. KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda declared an outbreak of a relatively rare strain of the Ebola virus on Tuesday, raising concerns of a wider spread because existing vaccines haven’t yet been tested against this version of the virus. A 24-year-old man who died Monday in central Uganda was found to have been infected with the Sudan strain of Ebola, said Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at Uganda’s health ministry.

☆ Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/James Akena/FilesKAMPALA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. "Uganda is no stranger to effective Ebola control. The WHO said there had been seven previous outbreaks of the Ebola Sudan strain, four in Uganda and three in Sudan. It said Uganda last reported an outbreak of Ebola Sudan strain in 2012 and an outbreak of the Ebola Zaire strain in 2019. Another vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) may be effective but has yet to be specifically tested against the Sudan strain, it added.

CNN —Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “This is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa said. “We are working closely with the national health authorities to investigate the source of this outbreak.”Uganda last reported an outbreak of Ebola Sudan in 2012, the WHO said. Uganda’s last outbreak was in 2019 when it confirmed the Zaire Ebola strain, which led to the death a of 9-year-old Congolese girl near the border with the DRC. According to the WHO, vaccination has been approved against the Zaire strain but inoculation against the Sudan strain hasn’t been tested.

☆ SUA donează Republicii Moldova 500.000 de mii de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson, prin platforma COVAX
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: cnbc.comSUA donează Republicii Moldova 500.000 de mii de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson, prin platforma COVAXUn lot de 500.000 de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson, produs în SUA, va fi livrat Republicii Moldova prin intermediul platformei COVAX. Primele doze de 150.000 vor ajunge în Moldova pe data 12 iulie. De precizat că țara noastră urmează să recepționeze un lot total de 500.000 de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson prin platforma COVAX. Vaccinul Johnson &Johnson e produs de compania americană farmaceutică Johnson &Johnson pentru a preveni infectarea cu virusul COVID-19. Potrivit producătorului, valorifică platforma de vaccinuri AdVac, o tehnologie unică care a fost utilizată și pentru dezvoltarea vaccinului împotriva maladiei Ebola, aprobat de Comisia Europeană.

Persons: Johnson Organizations: Ministerul Sănătății, Muncii, Sociale, americană, Johnson, Comisia Europeană, OMS, UNICEF Locations: SUA, Moldova, Republicii Moldova

☆ SUA donează Republicii Moldova 500.000 de doze de vaccinuri Johnson & Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Prin intermediul platformei COVAX, SUA donează Republicii Moldova 500.000 de doze de vaccinuri Johnson & Johnson produse în SUA. Primele 150.000 de doze vor ajunge în Moldova pe 12 iulie. "SUA rămâne partenerul ferm al Republicii Moldova în combaterea acestei pandemii și salvarea vieților cetățenilor Moldovei", se mai arată în comunicatul Ambasadei SUA la Chişinău. Vaccinul Johnson & Johnson e produs de compania americană farmaceutică Johnson & Johnson pentru a preveni infectarea cu virusul COVID-19. Potrivit producătorului, vaccinul împotriva COVID-19 valorifică platforma de vaccinuri AdVac, o tehnologie unică utilizată și pentru dezvoltarea vaccinului împotriva maladiei Ebola, aprobat de Comisia Europeană.

Persons: Johnson, Anunţul Organizations: Agenției Naționale, americană, Johnson, Comisia Europeană, OMS, UNICEF Locations: SUA, Moldova, Chişinău, Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova

☆ Numiri „letone” pentru Moldova de la UE și Banca Mondială
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-02 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Numiri „letone” pentru Moldova de la UE și Banca MondialăÎnaltul reprezentant pentru afaceri externe și politica de securitate/vicepreședinte al Comisiei Europene, Josep Borrell, a anunțat, vineri, că letonul Janis Mazeiks îl va succeda pe slovacul Peter Mihalko în funcţia de șef al Delegației Uniunii Europene în Republica Moldova. Până în prezent, Mazeiks a fost subsecretar de stat, director politic în cadrul Ministerului Afacerilor Externe al Republicii Letonia. O altă numire a fost decisă de Banca Mondială și constă în faptul că, din 1 iulie 2021, Inguna Dobraja este noua directoare de țară pentru Republica Moldova. Aceasta o va înlocui pe Anna Akhalkatsi, care a ocupat funcția în cauză din august 2017 și care de acum încolo își va continua activitatea profesională la București. Inguna Dobraja lucrează pentru Banca Mondială mai mult de 25 de ani.

Persons: Josep Borrell, Janis Mazeiks, Peter Mihalko, El, Anna Akhalkatsi, Inguna Organizations: Banca Mondială, Europene, Uniunii Europene, ONU, OMC, Universitatea din, Harvard Locations: Moldova, Republica Moldova, Mazeiks, Republicii Letonia, Letoniei, Geneva, Inguna, București, Cambodia, Liberia, Universitatea din Letonia

☆ 24 de noi coronavirusuri descoperite la lilieci; Unul este foarte apropiat genetic de SARS-CoV-2, virusul pandemiei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.md24 de noi coronavirusuri descoperite la lilieci; Unul este foarte apropiat genetic de SARS-CoV-2, virusul pandemieiCercetătorii chinezi au anunțat că au descoperit o serie de noi coronavirusuri la liliecii dintr-o regiune restrânsă a Chinei, dintre care unul este, din punct de vedere genetic, foarte apropiat de virusul SARS-CoV-2, care a declanșat pandemia. Descoperirea, care a fost făcută într-o singură regiune mică din provincia Yunnan, în sud-vestul Chinei, demonstrează cât de multe coronavirusuri există în lilieci și potențialul lor de a se răspândi la om, spun cercetătorii. Ei au făcut teste de urină și fecale de la acești lilieci și au colectat și probe de salivă. Unul dintre ele este foarte asemănător, din punct de vedere genetic, cu virusul SARS-CoV-2 care a provocat pandemia, un eșantion viral denumit RpYN06, luat de la o specie de liliac-potcoavă denumită Rhinolophus pusillus. În afară de lilieci și oameni, coronavirusurile pot infecta o serie de animale sălbatice și domestice, inclusiv porci, vite, șoareci, pisici, câini, găini, căprioare, arici", au mai notat autorii raportului.

Persons: Weifeng Shi Organizations: Universitatea Shandong, Cell Locations: Chinei, Yunnan, Africa, Asia, Marburg, Ebola

☆ China anunță că a descoperit noi coronavirusuri în rândul liliecilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cercetătorii chinezi au publicat joi un studiu în care anunță că au identificat noi coronavirusuri în rândul liliecilor, inclusiv unul care ar fi al doilea cel mai apropiat genetic de COVID-19 identificat până acum, relatează CNN, citată de Hotnews. Potrivit cercetătorilor, descoperirile au fost făcute într-o singură regiune mică din provincia Yunnan din sud-vestul Chinei și arată cât de multe coronavirusuri există în rândul liliecilor și cât de multe dintre acestea s-ar putea transmite la oameni. "În total am construit 24 de noi genomuri ale unor noi coronavirusuri de la diferite specii de lilieci, inclusiv patru noi coronavirusuri SARS-CoV2", a spus Weifeng Shi. Experții au susținut că unul dintre acestea, numit RpYN06 și găsit la specia de liliac Rhinolophus pusillus, a avut o genă asemănătoare cu SARS-CoV-2, virusul care a ucis peste 3,5 milioane de oameni la nivel mondial. Potrivit acestora, RpYN06 ar fi cel mai apropiat coronavirus de SARS-CoV-2 descoperit până acum, cu excepția unor diferențe genetice la proteina țepușă folosită de virus pentru a se atașa de celulă.

Persons: Experta, Shi, Shi . Organizations: CNN, Universitatea Shandong Locations: Yunnan, Chinei, Marburg, Ebola, Wuhan

☆ Două secții de votare deschise în Tighina, pe teritoriul necontrolat de Chișinău. „Circumstanțe pentru fraudarea scrutinului” — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-07 | by ( Georgeta Carasiucenco | Tatiana Beghiu | Ștefan Grigorița | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +11 min

Însă, de această dată vom vorbi despre vaccinurile obligatorii în Republica Moldova și nu numai. Vaccinarea se face la 6 luni, apoi la 2 ani și apoi la 7 ani. De asemenea, a fost eliminată poliomielita și a fost menținut statutul de țară liberă de această infecție. În 2017, în Moldova a fost implementat și vaccinul contra infecțiilor provocate de Papilomavirusul uman (anti-HPV). Vaccinul împotriva tusei convulsive a apărut după mai multe încercări și a fost înregistrat pentru uz în 1948, în SUA.

Persons: OMS, imunizarea, Louis Pasteur, Alexander Glenny, maladiile Organizations: Organizația Mondială a Sănătății, Ministerul Sănătății, Muncii, Protecției Sociale, Republica, budiști, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății ( OMS, OMS Locations: Republica Moldova, Europa, România, Ucraina, Bosnia, Herțegovina, Tusa, Republicii Moldova, Moldova, China, englez, SUA, Ebola

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