Uganda’s Health Minister, Chris Baryomunsi, on Tuesday declared the country free of Ebola following an outbreak that infected 20 people.

The declaration came after the country completed the mandatory 42-day monitoring period without recording any new cases, following the discharge of the last locally transmitted patient on June 16, 2026.

Mr Baryomunsi said the 42-day monitoring period was completed successfully, allowing the country to declare the end of the outbreak.

“Throughout this period the ministry of health maintained intensive surveillance nationwide ​and no new Ebola cases have been detected,” Mr Baryomunsi ​said.

Of the 20 confirmed cases during the outbreak, 18 were discharged while two ​died from the virus, ​both of ⁠whom were from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The last Ebola patient in Uganda, a Congolese national, was discharged on June 22.

The World Health Organisation requires countries to complete a 42-day period without recording a new case after the last known patient has recovered or died before an Ebola outbreak can be declared over.