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Uganda health minister declares end to latest Ebola outbreak

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,  visited the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on 8 June, 2026.
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on 8 June, 2026. © Abubaker Lubowa / REUTERS

Uganda's health minister on Tuesday declared the country Ebola-free, following the latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease which infected 20 people and killed two in the country.

Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said the announcement followed the "successful completion of the mandatory 42-day monitoring period which began after the discharge of the last Ugandan national, a locally transmitted patient, on 16 June 2026".

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