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Ugandan authorities have officially declared the end of a recent Ebola outbreak after 42 consecutive days with no new cases.
A formal declaration was made during a televised ceremony held in the central Mubende district, the epicenter of the outbreak, on Wednesday.
According to the World Health Organisation, an Ebola outbreak is over if there are no new cases after 42 days, which is twice the incubation period.
“Today, 11th January 2023 marks 113 days since the start of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” said the health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero.
“I urge the population to remain vigilant, implement the standard operating procedures and to report any person in the community that presents with Ebola-like symptoms,” she stressed.
The outbreak, the eighth in Ugana’s history,…
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