KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola , health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month. World Health Organization described the recoveries as a milestone that “reflects the power of Uganda’s quick and coordinated response.”

(250219) -- KAMPALA, Feb. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker sanitizes his hands before accessing the isolation center at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Feb. 18, 2025. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Uganda optimistic in Ebola fight as all patients discharged" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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 Guest House (Isolation centre) in Kampala,