CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The outbreak, the 15th recorded in the country, emerged when one case was confirmed in the eastern city of Beni, in North Kivu province, on August 22. But the outbreak was the virus’s “least catastrophic” since no other case was recorded, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Please read the conditions of use. On 11 January 2023, Uganda declared that the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus was over.

Detailed explanation-3: -Engaging local leaders in prevention programs and messaging, along with careful policy implementation at the national and global level, helped to eventually contain the spread of the virus and put an end to this outbreak. Liberia was first declared Ebola-free in May 2015.

Detailed explanation-4: -Deploying staff to assist with local response: CDC has deployed roughly 30 staff from its country office in Uganda and headquarters in Atlanta to assist with the epidemiologic investigation, case recognitions, communications, laboratory capacity, and more.

Detailed explanation-5: -The country discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital in December 2022 and has passed WHO’s 42-day timeline.