Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni mentioned on Saturday the federal government is implementing an in a single day curfew, closing locations of worship and leisure, and prohibiting motion into and out of two districts affected by Ebola for 21 days.
The measures geared toward curbing the unfold of the illness will likely be launched instantly in Mubende and Kassanda in central Uganda, the epicentre of the epidemic, Museveni mentioned in a televised nationwide deal with.
“These are short-term measures to regulate the unfold of Ebola. We must always all co-operate with authorities so we carry this outbreak to an finish within the shortest doable time.”
Museveni mentioned 19 folks have died because the east African nation introduced the outbreak of the lethal hemorrhagic fever on Sept. 20.
The Ebola virus causes issues with blood clotting, resulting in inner bleeding, irritation and tissue injury.