Uganda Declares End to Ebola Sudan Virus Outbreak

International desk:

Uganda has declared an end to the Ebola Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) outbreak after completing a 42-day mandatory countdown without any new confirmed cases reported. The declaration came in less than three months after the virus was detected in the capital, Kampala. Ugandan Minister of Health Ruth Aceng made the announcement in the eastern city of Mbale, one of the areas affected by Ebola.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines require that for a country to be declared Ebola-free, it must spend 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus) without any new cases reported.