Description of the situation
30 October 2000
Disease Outbreak Reported
As of 30 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 224 cases, including 73 deaths.
In addition to all the participants mentioned in a previous report, the government of Japan is supporting the containment of the outbreak in Uganda by making available two clinicians from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and from Sendai Quarantine Station who have arrived in Gulu to work with the case management team.