WHO declares Uganda Ebola-free after 42 days without new cases
Findings from epidemiological investigations provide evidence that transmission has been successfully interrupted.
On July 28, Uganda's health ministry declared the end of the 2026 Ebola outbreak after 42 days without any new confirmed cases. Marie Roseline Belizaire, a WHO expert, confirmed this during an online briefing by the WHO Regional Office for Africa. The Ministry of Health released a statement expressing satisfaction with Uganda being officially declared Ebola-free.
Uganda's Ebola outbreak began on May 15 following the confirmation of an imported case from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country experienced a total of 20 confirmed cases, with 18 recoveries and two deaths. Despite these figures, epidemiological investigations and the fully characterized nature of the outbreak provided sufficient scientific evidence for the interruption of transmission.
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