Uganda 'now Ebola-free,' but region remains on high alert
A Ugandan worker collects a rubber glove from the airing line at the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit in Kampala, Uganda on June 8, 2026.
Uganda has officially declared the end of the 2026 Ebola disease outbreak after completing the mandatory 42-day monitoring period without recording a new case, marking another major public health victory for the country even as neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to battle the deadly virus.
The announcement, made by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, means Uganda is once again Ebola-free after months of intensive surveillance, contact tracing and cross-border cooperation that contained an outbreak linked to imported infections from eastern DR Congo.
