Uganda has banned handshakes and hugs after two cases of Ebola were confirmed in the country amid a major outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, on Tuesday urged the public to follow preventive measures including the temporary ban on handshakes, hugging and unnecessary physical contact.
“We are saying people must stop greeting… this [virus] relies upon physical contact,” she told a press conference.
Uganda’s health ministry has also advised the public to wash their hands with soap, use alcohol-based hand sanitisers and report any symptoms including fever, vomiting or bleeding immediately.
The two cases confirmed in Uganda are linked to the outbreak in the DRC, where 130 people have died and at least 500 people are believed to have been infected with the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.
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Hugs are the least of their worries
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But banging is still cool right
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I’m pretty sure an illness that causes excessive anal bleeding will be stopped this way. /s
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Uganda has banned handshakes and hugs after two cases of Ebola were confirmed in the country amid a major outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, on Tuesday urged the public to follow preventive measures including the temporary ban on handshakes, hugging and unnecessary physical contact.
“We are saying people must stop greeting… this [virus] relies upon physical contact,” she told a press conference.
Uganda’s health ministry has also advised the public to wash their hands with soap, use alcohol-based hand sanitisers and report any symptoms including fever, vomiting or bleeding immediately.
The two cases confirmed in Uganda are linked to the outbreak in the DRC, where 130 people have died and at least 500 people are believed to have been infected with the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.
Hugs are the least of their worries
But banging is still cool right
I’m pretty sure an illness that causes excessive anal bleeding will be stopped this way. /s
>Uganda bans hugs *and* handshakes…
so hugs *OR* handshakes are okay?
“no touching!”
Good, we can talk and wave just fine
Can you still touch ass to ass?
Hasa diga eebowai!