Uganda has formally declared an end to its most recent Ebola epidemic, with the country’s Health Minister saying the nation is now free of the deadly virus after completing the mandated monitoring period without any new cases.
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Uganda’s Minister of Health on Tuesday declared the country Ebola-free following the East African nation’s latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease, which infected 20 people and claimed two lives.
Health officials were investigating a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius in the Atlantic Ocean. The World Health Organisation said three people died and at least three others fell ill. At least one infection was confirmed, and one patient remained in intensive care in South Africa. Two more people with symptoms were awaiting…
DR Congo — Medics have recorded more than 3,000 Ebola cases, including 1,354 deaths, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 17th outbreak, officials said Sunday, after infections surged by around 1,000 in just 10 days