Sunday, May 31, 2026
- The Ministry of Health in Uganda has sparked a heated online debate after
issuing a strict advisory to male Ebola survivors.
The guidance, shared on the ministry’s official X account,
warns that men recovering from the virus must abstain from intimacy for at
least six months or use ‘rubber’ consistently and correctly.
Health experts explained that Ebola can linger in seminal
fluid long after the bloodstream clears.
The World Health Organization has noted that the testes act
as an immune‑privileged site, allowing the virus to replicate silently for
months.
The warning comes as the Democratic Republic of Congo
battles 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths, while Uganda has
confirmed nine cases and one death.
Kenya, though free of active cases, has found itself at the
centre of a global health controversy.
The High Court in Nairobi recently blocked a $13.5 million
(Ksh1.7 billion) plan to build a 50‑bed Ebola isolation facility at Laikipia
Air Base.
The deal, struck between the Kenyan Government and the
United States, would have allowed American citizens exposed in the DRC or
Uganda to be flown to Kenya for monitoring before being transferred to Europe
if symptoms developed.
“If it is too dangerous for America, it is too dangerous for
Kenya,” declared the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists
Union.
The Katiba Institute challenged the legality of the facility, citing lack of public participation.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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