Uganda discharges last Ebola patient, starts countdown to be virus-free
The discharge would start a 42-day World Health Organization waiting period after Uganda reported 20 confirmed cases and two deaths.
- Uganda discharged its last Ebola patient on Thursday morning from Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, triggering a 42-day countdown that could lead to the country being declared Ebola-free.
- Uganda's outbreak, involving 20 confirmed cases of the rare Bundibugyo strain since mid-May, has remained contained for nearly a month without new infections, with all cases originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Health ministry data showed 17 recoveries, one patient in isolation, and two deaths as of Thursday, with five cases locally acquired and 15 imported from the DRC.
- The DRC outbreak continues accelerating with more than 2,000 confirmed cases and more than 700 deaths as of July 11, marking the fastest single-month growth in any Ebola outbreak, while Congo reported 62 new cases on Thursday.
- Under WHO guidelines, Uganda is officially Ebola-free if no new cases emerge within 42 days, as Kasujja stated the rare Bundibugyo strain represents the third-worst outbreak on record.
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Uganda discharges last Ebola patient, starts countdown to be virus-free
Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday, triggering a 42-day countdown after which it can be declared free of the virus, the East African nation's health ministry said.
Uganda no longer has any Ebola infected patients, the last recorded patient who was released from the hospital on Thursday, but the country must now wait 42 days without further cases to be declared free of the virus, the authorities announced in Kampala. ...
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = In Uganda, which declared an Ebola outbreak along with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last May, the last Ebola... after two months
Uganda on the Brink of Declaring End to Ebola Crisis
Uganda is about to discharge its last Ebola patient, initiating a 42-day countdown. A WHO spokesperson confirmed that if no new cases occur during this period, Uganda could be declared Ebola-free. The outbreak in DRC resulted in over 2000 infections and 754 deaths.
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