• Uganda's Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Ocero made the announcement on Saturday.
• The number of suspected Ebola infections continues to rise in Uganda.
Image: Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero/ Twitter
A Tanzanian doctor who was studying in Uganda lost his life after he contracted the Ebola virus.
He is the first doctor to die from the disease.
Uganda's Health Minister Jane Ruth Ocero made the announcement on Saturday on her Twitter handle.
"I regret to announce that we have lost our first doctor, Dr Mohammed Ali, a Tanzanian National, 37-year-old old male today at 3:15 am," she wrote.
Ocero said the doctor died while receiving treatment.
"He tested positive for Ebola on September 26, 2022, and died while receiving treatment at Fort Portal RRH, Isolation facility ( JMedic)."
Ocero condoled with the family of the deceased.
"I condole with his family, medical fraternity, KIU university and the people of Tanzania. Dr Ali is the first Doctor, and second health worker to have succumbed to Ebola. The first was a midwife from St Florence Clinic, a probable case because she died before testing," she tweeted.
The number of suspected Ebola infections continues to rise in Uganda.
Ebola is a severe and too often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus.
Previous Ebola outbreaks and responses have shown that early diagnosis and treatment with optimised supportive care —with fluid and electrolyte repletion and treatment of symptoms—significantly improve survival.
Following a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials of therapeutics for the disease, WHO has made strong recommendations for two monoclonal antibody treatments: mAb114 (Ansuvimab; Ebanga) and REGN-EB3 (Inmazeb).