Uganda has officially declared the end of the 2026 Ebola disease outbreak after completing the mandatory 42-day monitoring period without recording a new case, marking another major public health victory for the country even as neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to battle the deadly virus.
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Uganda declared itself officially free of Ebola on Tuesday, closing the book on a 74-day outbreak that infected 20 people and killed two — while the virus continues its record-breaking rampage across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a crisis with no approved vaccine or treatment is racing toward the worst Ebola…