Uganda's health ‌minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday, July 28, following the latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease that infected 20 people and killed two of them. Fifteen people in the latest outbreak, declared in mid-May, were infected in neighbouring DR Congo - the epicentre ‌of the epidemic where the number of confirmed cases now stands at more than 3,000. Uganda is officially Ebola free, Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said. Throughout this period the ministry of health maintained intensive surveillance nationwide and no new Ebola cases have been detected. The confirmation comes after the country discharged the last Ugandan national on June 16, starting a 42-day count to declaration of the end of an outbreak.
