Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng emphasized that recovered patients should not face stigma and urged communities to interact with them normally.

Historically, the Sudan strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of at least 40%, but the current outbreak has seen a lower fatality rate, according to the WHO.

On February 18, 2025, Uganda discharged the last eight Ebola patients who recovered from the virus, effectively marking the end of the outbreak that was declared on January 30, 2025.

The World Health Organization hailed the recoveries as a significant achievement, recognizing Uganda's effective and coordinated response to the outbreak.

This outbreak represents the eighth occurrence of Ebola in Uganda since the first case was recorded in 2000.

The virus is believed to originate from contact with infected animals or consuming their raw meat, with the first Ebola cases recorded in 1976 in South Sudan and Congo.

Currently, none of the quarantined contacts have exhibited symptoms of the virus, but they will remain isolated for 21 days from their last exposure.

Ebola transmission occurs through contact with bodily fluids of infected individuals, with symptoms including fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and bleeding.

The outbreak began in January 2025, following the death of a male nurse, the only fatality in this outbreak, who died just before the government officially declared it an epidemic.

Health authorities traced at least 265 contacts related to the outbreak, with 90 individuals completing quarantine monitoring without showing symptoms.

The previous Ebola outbreak in Uganda, which started in September 2022, resulted in at least 55 deaths before it was declared over four months later.

Despite the absence of an approved vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola, Uganda has initiated clinical studies to test a trial vaccine's safety and effectiveness.