The report of bird flu outbreak last week caused public anxiety as poultry farmers kept their fingers crossed. However, the situation seems to be under control after ministry of health officers confirmed there are no human causalities nor report of death of domestic birds.
While addressing the media, director of health service (clinical and community health) Dr Anthony Mbonye confirmed that Uganda does not have any human victims or suspects of Bird Flu.
‘’We do not have any human cases of bird flu. We sent a team to Lutembe and Bussi over the weekend and we discovered that what was being referred to as bird flu cases were panicky reports,’’ Mbonye said.
Though some fishermen at Lutembe maintained their stance that they are still finding dead birds in the early morning contradicting with Dr. Mbonye’s verdict, Mbonye said the Government has set another task force which will give an update on bird flu tomorrow Tuesday.
Earlier this year, the Minister of Agriculture Christopher Kibanza confirmed the outbreak of deadly Avian Influenza commonly known as bird flu in the central region after reports of massive death of wild ducks and birds along the shores of Lake Victoria in Masaka and Wakiso district. The outbreak is attributed to migrant birds escaping winter in Europe.