The ministry of health is to vaccinate all people between the ages of 6-45years in the districts of Moyo and Buliisa following an outbreak of yellow fever.
According to Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health the vaccinated people will get one shot of the vaccine that is enough to last a lifetime.
While addressing the press on Friday morning Acheng said four cases of the virus were confirmed after samples taken to the Uganda Virus Research Institute from the two districts turned out positive for the disease. Three of the confirmed cases have since been reported dead.
The disease is suspected to have entered Uganda from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC in 2018.
The first case was that of a 37-year-old farmer who traded in milk between DRC and Uganda, he died in November 2019 after infecting his wife.
The cases from Moyo are of 18 and 21-year old males believed to have traveled to DRC before being admitted to Logobo Health Centre III in Moyo at the beginning of January 2020.
The Ministry of Health is carrying out investigations to establish the scope of the outbreak and carry out contact tracing before a yellow fever vaccination exercise takes effect in the two affected districts.
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes.
