This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis.
In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda’s updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries
COVID-19 as 0f 18th May 2020 260 Cumulative cases of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country 63 recoveries A total of 73,485 specimens tested. 1,272 contacts under follow up 1,100 individuals under institutional quarantine. Enhanced surveillance at designated Points of entry (PoE) is on going (fig 1)
Tremendous progress in child survival has been made over the past two decades. The total number of deaths among children and young adolescents under 15 years of age dropped by 56 per cent from 14.2 (14.0, 14.5)1 million in 1990 to 6.2 (6.0, 6.7) million in 2018. Still, one child or young adolescent died every five seconds in 2018.
The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has continued to spread across the world leaving death and economic devastation in its wake. Although the number of confirmed cases in Uganda remain very low in comparison to other countries, the containment adopted to curb the spread of the virus have affected business operations. This report, based on a survey of firms using the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)’s business climate index (BCI) methodology, examines the effect of the risk presented by COVID-19 pandemic on Uganda’s businesses.
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health
surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly
basis.In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country remains 55 as 0f 18th April 2020 A cumulative total of 20/55 (36%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. Eighty-nine percent (49/55) are imported cases, 9% (5/55) are local transmissions while 4% (2/55) have an unknown chain of transmission. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been developed and disseminated (Annex ii)
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weeklybasis.
In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries COVID-19 122 Cumulative cases total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country as 0f 11th May 2020 55 total recoveries Uganda has not registered any COVID-19 related death A cumulative total of 55/122 (45%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. A total of 61460 COVID-19 specimens have been collected and tested. 864 contacts are still under follow up
A total of 614 high-risk individuals are under institutional quarantine. The Distribution of cases by age-group are as follows; 21 cases among 30-39 years 18 cases among 20-29 years 8 cases among 50-59 years 7 cases among 40-49 years 5 cases among 60-69 years 5 cases among 0-9 years 4 cases among 10-19 years
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis.
In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country is 101 as 0f 7th May 2020 Uganda has not registered any COVID-19 related death A cumulative total of 54/101 (53%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. Eighty-Nine percent (90/101) are imported cases, 8% are local transmissions (8/101) while 3% have an unknown chain of transmission (3/101) A rapid assessment survey is being conducted to establish the extent of COVID-19 community transmission in the country. So far 3 cases have been identified A total of 738 high-risk individuals are under institutional quarantine. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been enhanced and developed and disseminated (Annex ii)
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis.
In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country is 101 as 0f 7th May 2020 Uganda has not registered any COVID-19 related death A cumulative total of 54/101 (53%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. Eighty-Nine percent (90/101) are imported cases, 8% are local transmissions (8/101) while 3% have an unknown chain of transmission (3/101) A rapid assessment survey is being conducted to establish the extent of COVID-19 community transmission in the country. So far 3 cases have been identified A total of 738 high-risk individuals are under institutional quarantine. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been enhanced and developed and disseminated (Annex ii)
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis.
In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country is 101 as 0f 7th May 2020 Uganda has not registered any COVID-19 related death A cumulative total of 54/101 (53%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. Eighty-Nine percent (90/101) are imported cases, 8% are local transmissions (8/101) while 3% have an unknown chain of transmission (3/101) A rapid assessment survey is being conducted to establish the extent of COVID-19 community transmission in the country. So far 3 cases have been identified A total of 738 high-risk individuals are under institutional quarantine. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been enhanced and developed and disseminated (Annex ii)
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health
surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly
basis. In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country is 85 as 0f 1st May 2020 A cumulative total of 52/85 (66%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. Eighty-nine percent (76/85) are imported cases, 8% are local transmissions (7/85) while 2% have an unknown chain of transmission (2/85) A rapid assessment survey is being conducted to establish the extent of COVID-19 community transmission in the country. A total of 455 high-risk individuals are under institutional quarantine. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been developed and disseminated (Annex ii)
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health
surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly
basis.In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country is 85 as 0f 1st May 2020 A cumulative total of 52/85 (66%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. Eighty-nine percent (76/85) are imported cases, 8% are local transmissions (7/85) while 2% have an unknown chain of transmission (2/85) A rapid assessment survey is being conducted to establish the extent of COVID-19 community transmission in the country. A total of 455 high-risk individuals are under institutional quarantine. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been developed and disseminated (Annex ii
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis.
In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Uganda updates on COVID-19 Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country is 85 as 0f 1st May 2020 A cumulative total of 52/85 (66%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged. Eighty-nine percent (76/85) are imported cases, 8% are local transmissions (7/85) while 2% have an unknown chain of transmission (2/85) A rapid assessment survey is being conducted to establish the extent of COVID-19 community transmission in the country. A total of 455 high-risk individuals are under institutional quarantine. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been developed and disseminated (Annex ii)
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health
surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly
basis. In this issue, we bring you the following among others National and district weekly surveillance reporting Suspected epidemic prone diseases. Cumulative cases of COVID-19 worldwide Regional reporting rates Public health events in border countries
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country remains 54 as 0f 12th April 2020 Eighty-seven percent are imported cases, 11% are local transmissions while 2% have an unknown chain of transmission. The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been developed and disseminated (Annex ii)
