Ebola outbreak is over: WHO

Uganda officials declared the end of the Ebola outbreak less than four months after the first case was confirmed, the World Health Organization said Jan. 11.

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In total, there were 164 reported cases, including 142 confirmed cases and 22 probable cases, 55 confirmed deaths and 87 recovered patients. The overall case-fatality ratio was 47 percent, according to the report.

The last known Ebola patient was discharged from a hospital in Uganda in November.

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