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Ebola outbreak in Uganda coming under control, says Africa health body

Protective boots hanging up to dry after being disinfected inside the Ebola isolation center of Madudu Health Center III, in the Mubende district of Uganda, November, 2022. AP - Hajarah Nalwadda

The CDC, Africa's top public health body, says that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is coming under control with no new confirmed case reported in the country for the last 39 days. But it needs to pass 42 days to be considered Ebola-free.

Officials first confirmed the outbreak in September and said it was the Sudan strain of the disease, for which there is no proven vaccine.

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