乌干达卫生当局于周二宣布该国已成功消除埃博拉疫情[1]。最后一名患者于6月中旬出院[1]，该国通过隔离所有接触者并完成21天观察期的方式完成了疫情控制[1]。
乌干达的埃博拉爆发与邻国刚果东部的更大规模疫情相关联[1]。刚果的疫情自5月15日爆发[1]，乌干达在同日确认了首例病例[1]。为防止疫情扩散，乌干达总统曾下令停止握手，并推迟了吸引数千朝圣者的年度宗教活动[1]；该国还暂停了与刚果之间的所有公共交通和航班[1]。
与乌干达的成功控制形成对比，刚果的埃博拉疫情仍在继续蔓延[1]。该国确诊病例已达3,262例，死亡1,437人[1]，被官员称为"历史上最快的埃博拉疫情"[1]。就死亡人数而言，仅2014-2016年西非疫情（28,000例病例、11,000多人死亡）的死亡人数更高[1]。
Uganda's health authorities announced on Tuesday that the country has eliminated its Ebola outbreak, with the final patient discharged in mid-June [1]. The outbreak in Uganda was linked to a larger epidemic in eastern Congo, and the country successfully controlled the spread through isolation of all contacts and completion of a 21-day observation period [1].
The declaration comes as the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo continues to battle a far more severe outbreak. Congo has recorded 3,262 confirmed Ebola cases with 1,437 deaths, which officials have described as "the fastest Ebola outbreak in history" [1]. The Congo outbreak began on May 15, the same day Uganda confirmed its first case [1]. In response to the threat, Uganda's president ordered officials to stop shaking hands, suspended all public transportation and flights between the two countries, and postponed an annual religious gathering that typically attracts thousands of pilgrims [1].
The Congo epidemic remains the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record; only the 2014-2016 West African outbreak exceeded it in fatalities, with over 11,000 deaths among 28,000 cases [1].