[ad_1] Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt businesses, and water shortages. Welcome to life under South Africa’s power blackouts. Last week the grim extent of the outages was laid bare when South Africans were advised to bury dead loved ones within four days. In a public statement, … Read More “Dead chickens and decomposing bodies: Inside South Africa’s power blackout ‘pandemic’ | CNN” »
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[ad_1] Mubende, Uganda CNN — Joseph Singiringabo has lost almost everything and everyone he held dear to Ebola. In a few short weeks, the 78-year-old lost his wife, his son, and a newborn granddaughter to the disease. He is left taking care of three grandchildren under 13 after their mother fled the village to escape … Read More “‘Ebola is real’: Uganda to trial vaccines and shut schools early to contain outbreak | CNN” »
[ad_1] CNN — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared an immediate three-week lockdown in two high risk districts as the country battles a rise in Ebola infections. All movement in and out of the Mubende and Kassanda districts will be halted, Museveni said in a televised address on Saturday – although cargo trucks will be … Read More “Uganda announces lockdown as Ebola cases rise | CNN” »
[ad_1] CNN — Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said Monday. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was detected in the country’s Mubende district. The … Read More “Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23 | CNN” »
[ad_1] CNN — In the last 24 hours, Uganda has recorded four confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 11, the country’s health ministry reported Friday in a statement. The Ugandan Health Ministry considers a “probable case” as any person who died from suspected EVD (ebola) and had an epidemiological … Read More “11 dead in suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda | CNN” »
[ad_1] CNN — Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported another 11 suspected cases of Ebola identified in the country’s Mubende district as of Tuesday. Of these, the ministry recorded one probable Ebola-related death, a one-year-old, it said in a statement released Tuesday night. Samples for the one-year-old and the 10 suspected cases undergoing isolation are being … Read More “One-year-old dies as 11 more suspected Ebola cases identified in Uganda | CNN” »