Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak

26/4/2025 17:16

Uganda on Saturday declared an end to the country's latest outbreak of ebola, three months after authorities confirmed cases of the highly infectious and often fatal viral hemorrhagic infection in the capital Kampala.



The East African country announced its latest outbreak on January 30 after the death of a male nurse who tested positive for the virus.



"Good news! The current ebola Sudan Virus Disease outbreak has officially come to an end," the health ministry said in a post on the X platform.



It added the declaration of the end of the outbreak followed 42 days "without a new case since the last confirmed patient was discharged."



In the post, the ministry did not give the latest total caseload recorded during the outbreak.



In early March when the ministry last reported on the caseload, it said at least ten cases had been recorded with two deaths.



Ebola infections are frequent in Uganda which has many tropical forests that are natural reservoirs for the virus.