Ebola Outbreak Kills 13 In Uganda 105
The BBC reports that an outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 13 in Uganda, and infected seven more.
"The health ministry says emergency measures are in place to deal with the outbreak, which began in late June but has only just been confirmed as Ebola. The cases have been reported in Kibaale district, about 170km (100 miles) to the west of the capital Kampala. ... Ebola is one of the most virulent diseases in the world. It is spread by close personal contact, and kills up to 90% of those who become infected. There is no vaccine for the virus. Symptoms include sudden onset of fever, weakness, headache, vomiting and impaired kidneys. The first victim of this outbreak was a pregnant woman."
Re:wtf is this article doing here? (Score:4, Interesting)
I don't come to slashdot for news I can get everywhere else.
This has nothing to do with tech nor nerds.
Soulskill, you need to rethink the job you are doing here, because you fucked up.
Uh, there's definitely a big science angle to disease outbreaks. So they problem is...?
"Ugandan government suppressed news until now" (Score:5, Interesting)
which began in late June but has only just been confirmed as Ebola
Operative words being "just confirmed" - I'm sure doctors and researchers have known since July 1st that it was Ebola.
The problem is that the governments in these countries are terrified of not the threat of Ebola spreading, but of damage to commerce, particularly tourism - and will coerce researchers and doctors to not discuss or reveal outbreaks.