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The World Health Organization (WHO) has allocated US$ 1 million (200 billion) from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies to help quickly tackle the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease outbreak confirmed in Uganda on Thursday.
In their latest statement, WHO says they are readying medical supplies, including personal protective equipment to deliver to Uganda from its Emergency Response Hub in Nairobi.
While there are no licensed vaccines for the Sudan virus disease, the organisation noted that they will coordinate with developers to deploy candidate vaccines an addition to the other public health measures.
The vaccines will be deployed once all administrative and regulatory approvals are obtained.
So far one confirmed case of a nurse from Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital Kampala has been reported.
No other health workers or patients have shown symptoms of the disease.
A total of 45 contacts, including health workers and family members of the confirmed case who have since succumbed have been identified and are currently under close monitoring, according to Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health.
