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Uganda declares itself free of Ebola after last patient was discharged in mid-June

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities said on Tuesday the East African country is “free” of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June, a delicate milestone as the virus continues to plague a remote part of neighboring Congo. Uganda always insisted its outbreak was linked to the larger one that started in eastern Congo’s province of Ituri, which shares a land border with Uganda. According to local authorities, the first cases in Uganda’s outbreak were Congolese people who crossed the border to seek treatment for an unknown illness before it was known they had Ebola.

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Scoop News DeskEbola · Published Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM UTCUpdated Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM UTC

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Congo declared its outbreak on May 15, the same day Uganda confirmed two Ebola cases — including a man who had already died. “Unlike previous Ebola outbreaks that informed the current 42-day declaration policy, Uganda’s 2026 Ebola outbreak arose from a fully documented importation event,” the Ugandan Ministry of Health said in a statement Tuesday.

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