China News Agency, Beijing, January 12th. Comprehensive news: The Ugandan government announced on the 11th local time that the new round of Ebola outbreaks in the country had ended.

The World Health Organization confirmed the news on the same day.

  According to Uganda's "Independent" news, Uganda's Minister of Health Jane Ruth Azen said on the 11th that the country has had no new Ebola cases for 42 consecutive days.

According to the standards issued by the WHO, the longest incubation period of the Ebola virus is 21 days, and a country can declare the end of the epidemic if there are no new cases for 42 consecutive days.

  An Ebola outbreak broke out in central Uganda in September 2022, and the main strain was the relatively rare Sudan-type Ebola virus.

According to the WHO, the last person diagnosed in this round of the epidemic recovered and was discharged from hospital on November 30, 2022. As of that day, Uganda had a total of 142 confirmed cases and more than 50 deaths.

  According to the official website of the World Health Organization, Machidiso Muti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said that because there is no effective vaccine and treatment for the Sudanese Ebola virus, this round of outbreak is the most challenging in the past five years One of the most recent Ebola outbreaks, Uganda persisted to the end and continued to adjust its response measures to defeat the virus. "This victory has brought great hope to Africa at the beginning of 2023."

  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus believes that the experience Uganda has learned from this round of the epidemic and the epidemic prevention system it has established will continue to protect Ugandans and others in the future.

  According to news from local Ugandan media on the 11th, the Ugandan Ministry of Health stated that it will continue to support Ebola survivors and provide them with treatment and psychological support services.

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