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.