Last Ebola patient in Uganda discharged

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Workers from the Uganda Red Cross Society don protective suits as they prepare to evacuate the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala on May 26.</p><p>The country has now started a 42-day countdown ‌after which it can be declared free of the virus.https://i.cbc.ca/ais/ec460fd1-23ef-4b8a-96b9-718df1a654bf,1784228985618/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C325%2C6240%2C3510%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Workers from the Uganda Red Cross Society don protective suits as they prepare to evacuate the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala on May 26, 2026.

The organisation is poised to assist the Ministry of Health in transporting suspected cases to treatment centres and conducting safe, dignified burials following confirmed positive results.

This action comes after the confirmation of three additional Ebola Bundibugyo cases , raising the total to five linked to travelers from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where an outbreak has claimed 119 lives among 904 suspected cases.

The World Health Organisation has classified this outbreak in both the DRC and Uganda as a public health emergency of international concern." width="620" />

Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday.

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