WHO protocols, this duration without new cases was required before the outbreak could be officially declared over.

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Uganda declared an end to the Ebola Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) outbreak after completing a 42-day mandatory countdown without ...

It said the declaration followed 42 days "without a new case since the last confirmed patient was discharged." ...

Uganda on Saturday declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, which started in January and led to four deaths. The ...

FILE PHOTO: A Ugandan doctor vaccinates the contact of a patient who tested positive during the launch of the vaccination for the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus with a trial vaccine at the Mulago ...

Addis Ababa, — Uganda declared an end to the Ebola Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) outbreak after completing a 42-day mandatory countdown without any new confirmed cases reported, less than three ...