Uganda's health ‌minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday following the ​East African nation's 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 Democratic Republic of Congo - the epicentre ‌of ⁠the epidemic where the number of confirmed cases now stands at more ​than ​3,000.

"Throughout ⁠this period the ministry of health maintained ​intensive surveillance nationwide ​and ⁠no new Ebola cases have been detected," Health ⁠Minister ​Chris Baryomunsi said. (Reuters, 2026-07-28)