Ebola outbreak: Uganda starts 42-day countdown to being declared free of the virus
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The last patient being treated for Ebola in Uganda has been discharged from hospital, leaving the country with no active confirmed cases of the deadly disease.
A 42-day countdown now begins before Uganda can officially be declared Ebola-free, as long as no new infections emerge.
The first case in this outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of the virus in Uganda was confirmed in May.
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The last patient being treated for Ebola in Uganda has been discharged from hospital, leaving the country with no active confirmed cases of the deadly disease.
A 42-day countdown now begins before Uganda can officially be declared Ebola-free, as long as no new infections emerge.
The first case in this outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of the virus in Uganda was confirmed in May.