Uganda declared Ebola-free even as Congo faces deadly, fast-growing epidemic

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Uganda’s final Ebola patient was discharged from hospital care July 16.

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Workers spray disinfectant while moving the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala, Uganda, in May. (Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images)

The World Health Organization has declared Uganda Ebola-free even as the bordering Democratic Republic of Congo faces a deadly, fast-growing epidemic that has killed at least 2,744 people, among 5,713 confirmed cases, according to local health authorities.

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