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The number of confirmed and suspected Ebola deaths has increased to eight and health workers have listed at least 43 contacts of the victims, according to the latest government update.
Five of the eight people, who have so far died are said to have been from the same family.
a situation report issued by the Ministry of Health reveals that 11 suspected cases have been isolated at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, the facility where the confirmed index fatality and probable victims who died, received treatment.
Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson of the health ministry said that contact tracing is ongoing to curb transmission.
On Wednesday, another person, a one-year-old baby, died at Mubende hospital after presenting Ebola-like symptoms.
By press time, unconfirmed reports suggested another woman died in the district, bringing cumulative confirmed and suspected Ebola deaths to nine.
Meanwhile
Health workers have been advised to be alert and highly suspicious when handling patients presenting with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)-like symptoms following the Tuesday confirmation of the outbreak of the Sudan strain in the country.
Dr Samuel Oledo, the president of Uganda Medical Association (UMA), said that health workers should take necessary precautionary measures to prevent infection of themselves and their families.
Dr Henry Kyobe, an epidemiologist at the Health ministry and incident commander, said they still have a lot to find out about the cause of the outbreak and the extent of the spread.
According to the Health Ministry, EVD is transmitted through contact with the blood, stool or fluids of an infected person and objects that have been contaminated with body fluids from an infected person.
One can also contract the disease through contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as fruit bats and other wild animals.
The known symptoms of Ebola include high body temperatures, fatigue, chest pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, unexplained bleeding, yellowing of the eyes. Bleeding is usually a late presentation after the above symptoms, according to the Health Ministry.
