Monitor Online "FOLLOWING an Ebola attack that killed 37 people, infected many more and led to a near-total shutdown of the economy in western Uganda, the government is preparing to officially declare the country Ebola-free on Wednesday.
The move will signal a sigh of relief from officials who feared the highly infectious disease would spread beyond the Bundibugyo region where it started among people living on the hills of the Rwenzori Mountains.
'So many people have been affected, it is important to be able to say the epidemic is over,' Dr. Sam Zaramba, director general of health services at the Ministry of Health said yesterday. 'We will go to Bundibugyo to have a celebration [on the 20th].'"
The move will signal a sigh of relief from officials who feared the highly infectious disease would spread beyond the Bundibugyo region where it started among people living on the hills of the Rwenzori Mountains.
'So many people have been affected, it is important to be able to say the epidemic is over,' Dr. Sam Zaramba, director general of health services at the Ministry of Health said yesterday. 'We will go to Bundibugyo to have a celebration [on the 20th].'"