Africa Knowledge Management Portal

Informing health decisions and actions

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 24: 8th-14th June 2020

Surveillance and reporting

Description

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 countriesCOVID-19 as 0f 18th June 2020  741 Cumulative cases of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country among Ugandan nationals  979 Non Ugandan Nationals confirmed  160,738 specimens collected and tested  299 cumulative total recoveries  406 cases on admission  1272 contacts on follow-up Cholera outbreak in Moroto and Nabiratuk  378 cases with 2 deaths in Moroto District  392 cases with 3 confirmed in Nabiratuk  13 cases- patents still on admission  Eleven parishes have reported cases  Loputuk parish has the highest number of case- patients in Moroto  Kamaturu (135), Nasinyonoit (124) , Narisae (142) Parishes are most affected in Nabiratuk  Reactive Oral Cholera vaccination was implemented Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) preparedness

Resource Details
Africa CDC
33 Visits
0 Likes
Public Health Resources
Bulletin
Surveillance and reporting
Ministry of Health-Uganda
Rating
Share on:

0 Comments