A health worker checks an individual's temperature at a temporary health clinic at the Mpondwe border crossing linking Uganda and the DR Congo, June 4, 2026,
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After discharging its last Ebola patient on Thursday, Uganda will start a 42-day countdown to declaring the country free of the virus.
A health worker checks an individual's temperature at a temporary health clinic at the Mpondwe border crossing linking Uganda and the DR Congo, June 4, 2026,
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Uganda

Uganda has begun the mandatory 42-day countdown to be declared Ebola-free after discharging the last patient who had been…

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Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday.

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