KAMPALA (Halbeeg News) – Ugandan authorities have announced the end of a two-month lockdown in two districts following the outbreak of the Ebola virus.
The announcement was made by vice president Jessica Alupo. In a television broadcast, she said that enough progress had been made to justify the decision.
The vice president also reiterated that the authorities would remain on “high alert” in case there is a resurgence.
The two districts, Mubende and Kassanda, were put on lockdown by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on October 15th.
The landlocked country first reported Ebola in its territory on September 20 this year.
Since then, the East African country has confirmed 142 infections and 56 deaths. The virus has been reported majorly in the two districts but has spread into the capital, Kampala. Last month, Ugandan government officials called for the lifting of the lockdown.
Weeks later, the Ugandan government would receive the first doses of one of the Ebola vaccine candidates.
However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers that the country has “begun the countdown” to the end of the epidemic.
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