Uganda health authorities say they discharged the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola. There were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month.

Uganda has discharged eight people after they recovered from Ebola although at least 265 contacts remain under quarantine, its health minister said. The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease late last month after one man - a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala - died.

(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)