Uganda discharges last Ebola patients, begins 42-day countdown to end outbreak


KAMPALA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Uganda on Wednesday discharged the last two remaining Ebola patients, starting a 42-day countdown to declare the end of the latest outbreak if no new cases are recorded, the country's health authorities announced.

A 55-year-old woman from Matuga in the central district of Wakiso and a 45-year-old woman from the western district of Kyegegwa recovered after receiving treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the Ugandan capital of Kampala and Fort Portal Regional Hospital Ebola Treatment Unit in Kabarole District, respectively, said Charles Olaro, acting director general of health services at the Ministry of Health.

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