Uganda Discharges its last Ebola patient.

Kampala, Uganda - July 16, 2026 Uganda on Thursday discharged its last Ebola patient after the person tested negative for the virus, marking the start of the country's 42-day countdown to declare the outbreak over if no new cases are detected. Uganda's Minister of Health Chris Baryomunsi presided over the symbolic discharge ceremony at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital, Kampala. During the ceremony, Baryomunsi presented the patient with an Ebola discharge certificate stating that he no longer poses a risk of transmitting the virus after testing negative. Kasonde Mwinga, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Uganda, said the country was able to contain the outbreak because of its preparedness, noting that Ebola response teams remained on high alert throughout the response. Uganda declared the outbreak on May 15 after a patient who had traveled from the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the current outbreak, tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. The country has recorded 20 confirmed cases, including 15 Congolese nationals and five Ugandans. Two of the infected patients died. (Nicholas Kajoba / videos)