Rospotrebnadzor: there are no risks of Ebola transmission in Russia

On January 30, 2023, the Ministry of Health of Uganda announced a new outbreak of the Ebola-Sudan virus, which was first detected in southern Sudan in June 1976. The virus has caused eight outbreaks, five in Uganda and three in Sudan. “The risks of spreading the infection in Russia are currently excluded,” the report said. The Perimeter system provides constant monitoring at the borders of the country to identify citizens with infectious signs. Rospotrebnadzor has developed and registered diagnostic kits and test systems, but vaccines and approved drugs for the treatment of Ebola are not yet available. Russian citizens planning to travel to Uganda were advised to take into account the current epidemiological situation and follow precautionary measures. Ugandan authorities are preparing to test a vaccine against the Sudanese strain of Ebola that broke out in Kampala. A total of 2,160 doses of the drug will be tested, the Associated Press reported, citing a Ugandan health official. Access to the experimental vaccine was provided by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new treatments will be used as part of clinical trials aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety of a drug that has not yet been licensed. Scientists in Uganda are currently developing research protocols in an accelerated manner. In Uganda, multiple outbreaks of the fever have previously been recorded: in 2000, it killed several hundred people, and in 2022, 55 people died.

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