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Eight patients treated for Ebola in Uganda have recovered, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, declaring the country’s latest outbreak of the deadly disease “contained”.<\/p>\n

The eight “have been under treatment and have fully recovered,” Jane Ruth Aceng told AFP.<\/p>\n

“This is a major breakthrough,” the minister added.<\/p>\n

She said the patients had been discharged on Tuesday and Wednesday from a hospital in Kampala.<\/p>\n

Uganda had confirmed nine cases overall in the latest outbreak, including a nurse who died from the disease in the capital Kampala in January.<\/p>\n

Aceng said 265 other people remained “under quarantine for monitoring” after coming into contact with the patient who died.<\/p>\n

“At the moment, Ebola spread is contained as part of the Ugandan government’s robust mechanism to contain the spread of diseases” alongside international agencies, she added.<\/p>\n

It is the sixth time the east African nation has been hit by the Ebola Sudan species of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine.<\/p>\n

A vaccination trial for the strain was launched in the country earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Uganda’s previous Ebola outbreak lasted for four months in 2022 and 2023 and claimed 55 lives.<\/p>\n

The deadliest Ebola epidemic unfolded in west Africa between 2013 and 2016, killing more than 11,300 people, according to WHO estimates.<\/p>\n

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