The CDC has asked doctors to evaluate Americans for Ebola for fear that the disease has found its way to the country.
The Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory was published after an Ebola outbreak was confirmed in Uganda on January 30.
On January 29, a 32-year-old nurse who worked in the Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital Kampala on Ebola.
Forty -four people have been identified as close contacts, including 30 health workers and patients in the hospital where he worked.
But health officials say that they are 'completely under control of the situation'.
Moreover, the CDC confirmed that no cases of Ebola have been detected in the US.
The agency said in a statement: “At the moment there are no suspected, likely or confirmed Ebola -cases with regard to this outbreak reported in the United States or outside Uganda.”
But as part of the advice, the agency has also issued a level 2 travel alarm for Uganda, which encourages travelers to practice improved precautions.
The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have asked doctors and health experts to start with the revewing of Americans for the Ebola virus infections
As part of the advice, the agency has also issued a level 2 travel alarm, which encourages travelers to practice improved precautions
According to De Alert, travelers must receive travel insurance, avoid contact with sick people and avoid physical liquids from people who have recovered from the disease.
The warning also asks people not to visit health care facilities in the affected areas for non -urgente and non -medical reasons and urged Americans to prevent contact with wild animals.
In the different days before his death, the deceased Ugandan nurse had developed high fever, chest pain, difficulty breathing and bleeding multiple body locations.
He had searched for treatment in multiple health facilities, including the Mulago reference hospital in Kampala, Saidina Abubakar Islamic Hospital in Matugga in the Wakiso district and the Mbal Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale City – but did not recover.
According to the CDC, he was also looking for treatment from a traditional healer.
The agency said that post-mortem samples were being tested and confirmed Ebola.
This week's officials from the World Health Organization noted that the 'extensive journeys' of the infected person, who visited a number of medical facilities while he was symptomatic, “increased the risk of widespread transfer.”
Ebola is spread by contact with polluted materials or physical liquids of a sick person.
This week's officials from the World Health Organization noted that the 'extensive journeys' of the infected person, who visited a number of medical facilities while he was symptomatic, 'the risk of widespread transmission increased' (Stock Image)
A nurse manages the first injection of the Ebola Sudan -vaccine to a volunteer during the launch of an Ebola test vaccination campaign in the Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala on 3 February
It mainly occurs in Africa Bezuiden de Sahara, who has seen outbreaks that have claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in 1976 in Uganda.
The new outbreak in Kampala marks the ninth total outbreak of Uganda.
It comes after Tanzania declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like infection with a fatal number to 90 percent. Two people died.
A safe and private funeral of the nurse will be arranged to reduce the risk of transfer of diseases.
In addition, vaccinations of all persons who had contact with the deceased nurse, in particular those in the vicinity, will start immediately.
The average Ebola death rate is 50 percent, although some outbreaks of up to 90 percent of sick people have died.
Ebola is highly contagious and a person remains contagious even after they die.
The incubation period for Ebola – which means that the time after infection and before the symptoms appear – is two to 21 days – but people are not contagious until they start showing symptoms.
Ebola's average death rate is 50 percent, although some outbreaks of up to 90 percent of sick people have died
Since the first recorded outbreak in Uganda in 1976, Ebola has been repeatedly created throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
Since the first outbreak in Uganda in 1976, Ebola has repeatedly created Sahara in Africa, with regions in the West, East and Central parts of the continent.
The most devastating outbreak took place between 2014 and 2016 and claimed more than 10,000 lives, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The second largest outbreak, which took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2018 to 2020, resulted in more than 2,000 deaths.
Although health officials say they have treated the situation, Kampala is a large city of more than 4 million people who can now run the risk of the highly contagious infection.
The CDC has been working in Uganda for decades and helps the country to build laboratory test options to detect threatening germs.
The agency founded an office in the East African nation 25 years ago and has 114 people on the spot.
The CDC has confirmed that they work closely with the Ministry of Health of Uganda to support the reaction to this outbreak.
Previous outbreaks of the Sudan virus have had a death rate of about 50 percent, the agency said.
According to the Ministry of Tourism of Uganda, a total of 814,508 tourist appointments in the country were registered in 2022.
