Afrigather The Rwandan authorities have arrange an Ebola prevention sales space on the Gatuna border crossing with Uganda.
Anybody who crosses the border is invited to have their temperature taken, and if they’ve signs, they’re positioned in a quarantine room earlier than being transported to an hospital.
“That is the place we obtain individuals who come from Uganda and who present signs of Ebola. W7e attempt to discover out as a lot as doable about their background earlier than they arrive in Rwanda, whether or not they have been a contact case or not. Afterwards, they’re transferred to the hospital in Byumba”, stated Consolée Niwemahoro, member of the outbreak prevention unit.
At the very least, 60 folks confirmed potential signs of Ebola, akin to fever, however after testing and quarantine, nobody examined optimistic for the illness.
John Gilbert, a Kenyan citizen crossing the border stated “I’ve little or no details about Ebola, as a result of the place I come from, persons are not petrified of Ebola. You hear that it exists in some elements of Uganda, however not on the Bouzia border. So me passing by means of, I used to be comfy since I did some outskirts a part of Uganda not even passing by means of. So we aren’t even scared. It is simply one thing I got here to note that ‘okay there may be Ebola’ once I got here to this border”.
One other Kenyan crossing the border, Kenedy Mayna, added:
“I hope we recover from this quickly. It is scary, however what can we do? We have now to maintain in search of work and it’s important to crossing borders and it’s important to imagine that you may be okay at finish of the day”, he stated.
Uganda declared an outbreak of the Sudan pressure of Ebola on Sept. twentieth.
The epicentre is a rural neighborhood in central Uganda (Mubende) about 150 kilometres from the capital, Kampala.
