- Another health worker dies of Ebloa virus in Uganda
The Sudan Ebola virus has claimed the life of another health worker in Uganda.
Uganda’s Health Minister, Jane Aceng, announced the passing on of Ms Margaret Nabisubi on Wednesday morning.
Nabisubi is the fourth health worker to die of the virus since the outbreak in September.
“I regret to announce the passing of another health worker, Ms. Nabisubi Margaret, an anesthetic officer. The 58-year-old succumbed to Ebola at 4:33am this morning at Fort Portal Hospital (JMedic) after battling the disease for 17 days.
“May their souls rest in eternal peace,” Aceng announced on her official Twitter account.
On September 20, 2022, Uganda health authorities declared an outbreak of Ebola disease, caused by Sudan virus, following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, Mubende district, central Uganda.
