Uganda begins 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status after discharging last patient
Under WHO guidelines, a country may only be declared free of an Ebola outbreak if no new confirmed cases are recorded within 42 consecutive days following the recovery or death of the last patient.
Uganda has commenced a 42-day countdown towards being declared Ebola-free following the discharge of its final patient from an isolation unit.
Preparedness Following the WHO’s declaration of the outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in May, Nigerian authorities stepped up measures to prevent the virus from entering the country.
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