Uganda declares Ebola outbreak over after 42 days, but border with DR Congo stays closed as cases rise, keeping regional health threat in focus.

The disease is continuing to spread in the hard-hit country of Congo, where the outbreak is nearing record-high case numbers.

NAIROBI: Uganda’s health minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday following the East African nation’s latest outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic disease that infected 20…