Uganda Declares Its Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Over
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterWHO[1] Africa's news release dated 27 August 2026 says the 42-day countdown from the last patient's discharge on 16 July was complete and the outbreak had ended; Uganda had announced interruption of local transmission on 28 July.
Africa CDC and WHO welcomed the end of Uganda's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak after 42 consecutive days without a new confirmed case, counted from the last imported patient's discharge on 16 July 2026. Uganda reported 20 confirmed cases (15 imported from DRC, 5 local), 18 recoveries and 2 deaths.
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