Uganda is declared Ebola-free after completing 42 consecutive days without a new confirmed case. Multiple outlets report that the World Health Organization (WHO), alongside the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), makes the declaration after Uganda discharges its last Ebola patient—described as an imported case—from hospital care on 16 July 2026.
The reporting places Uganda’s decision in the context of an ongoing Ebola outbreak across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Several sources note that Uganda shares a long border with DRC and that WHO issues warnings about continued regional risk and the need for vigilance, because transmission in eastern DRC is still active. While some outlets emphasize the speed and effectiveness of Uganda’s response and surveillance, others focus on epidemiological findings that transmission linked to the imported case does not continue.
Overall, sources agree on the 42-day period without new confirmed cases, the timing of the last discharge on 16 July 2026, and WHO’s message that the regional outbreak situation—particularly in DRC—remains a concern.
