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𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 112 Early 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡: Blood or body fluids (urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, semen) of a person who is sick with or has died from EVD Objects (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and syringes) contained with body fluids from one person sick with EVD or a body of a person who died from EVD. 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Ugandan Robert Kateera as the leader of the coveted Canadian Prime Minister’s Youth Council. In an unprecedented move that has grabbed global...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 111 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚: 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 Below are the countries that have been affected most by Ebola; Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia. Other countries include Congo Brazzaville, Sierra Leone, Sudan and lately Uganda. 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭  𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝟑 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚  Ministry of Education and Sports wishes to inform the public that Ministry of Health considered and approved to reduce 3rd term by 2 Weeks to decongest Schools that are likely to increase vulnerability of Children to EVD infections. Closing schools earlier by 25th November 2022 will reduce areas...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 111 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 📌Ebola Virus was discovered in 1979 near River Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, outbreaks have sporadically occurred  in Africa. The natural reservoir host of Ebola viruses remains unknown. However, based on the nature of similar viruses, experts think the virus is animal-borne with bats being the most likely reservoir. 🇺🇬𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐳𝐢 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 📌The Senior Presidential Advisor in Charge of Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has urged candidates to protect themselves from the deadly Ebola as they write their final...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 110 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 📌Avoid contact with patients’ blood and body fluids like urine, saliva, sweat, vomit, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids. 📌 Avoid items that may have come in contact with an Ebola Virus infected person’s blood or body fluids such as clothes, beddings, needles and medical equipment. 📌Only trained workers should burry and handle the body of someone who died from Ebola Virus Disease. 🇺🇬𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 110 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞? 📌Healthcare providers, family, and friends in close contact with EVD patients are at highest risk of getting sick with Ebola because they may be exposed to infected blood and body fluids. 📌During an outbreak, Ebola can spread quickly within the healthcare setting. So, Infection control measures, like screening patients for signs/ symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease and practicing proper personal protective equipment procedures, must be in place...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 108 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 📌The way Ebola virus infects the first person from infected animals is unknown. 📌Health experts however think that the first person becomes infected through contact with Ebola virus with infected nonhuman primates (animals) mostly fruit bats. 📌The virus is not spread through air, water and food. 📌In some parts of the world, Ebola Virus may be spread through handling and consumption of bush meat. 📌Mosquitoes or other insect bites do not...