Kampala, July 17:
Uganda on Thursday discharged its last Ebola patient after the person tested negative for the virus, marking the start of the country’s 42-day countdown to declare the outbreak over if no new cases are detected. Uganda’s Minister of Health, Chris Baryomunsi, presided over the symbolic discharge ceremony at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital, Kampala.
During the ceremony, Baryomunsi presented the patient with an Ebola discharge certificate stating that he no longer poses a risk of transmitting the virus after testing negative, Xinhua news agency reported. “His current state of health does not constitute a danger to the community and can therefore return to his household and professional environment and continue with his normal activities,” the minister said.
“The community and the authorities are requested to accept him in order to promote his social reintegration,” he added.