A Tanzanian doctor, who is among the seven health workers who recently contracted Ebola has died of the virus, the Ministry of Health has announced.
“I regret to announce that we have lost our first doctor, Dr. Mohammed Ali, a Tanzanian National, 37yr old Male today at 3:15am. He tested positive of Ebola on Sept 26, 2022 and died while receiving treatment at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital isolation facility,” Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng tweeted on Saturday morning.
The deceased becomes the second health worker to succumb to the latest Ebola outbreak after a midwife from St. Florence Clinic reportedly died to the same virus. He is also the eighth person to succumb to the virus since the abrupt outbreak.
The late is one of the six health workers including five doctors and an anaesthetic officer who contracted the virus while on duty.
Ebola is a killer disease caused by the virus. It is spread through contact with bats and monkeys and also through contact with infected persons.
A person infected with Ebola is not contagious before the symptoms appear. The incubation period is two to 21 days.
Among other signs and symptoms, a person suffering from Ebola presents high fever, abdominal pain, joint or body pain, difficulty in swallowing, headache, nausea, vomiting, and rash.