Hours after billionaire Elon Musk told the president's Cabinet that the U.S. had quickly restored canceled aid to fight Ebola in Uganda, the Trump administration officially ended at least four of five U.

This is the eighth Ebola outbreak in Uganda since the first infection was recorded in 2000. The Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) is a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever which is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids and tissues.

Scientists suspect that the first person infected in an Ebola outbreak acquires the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat. Ebola was discovered in 1

Ugandan officials appear to have largely contained an outbreak of Ebola virus but did so without the same level of support they have previously received from the U.S. government.

Uganda has discharged eight people after they recovered from Ebola although at least 265 contacts remain under quarantine, its health minister said.

World Health Organization describes recoveries as a milestone that 'reflects the power of Uganda's quick and coordinated response'

Rita Ninsiina, ebola survivor, leaving the isolation centre at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

The ministry of health said they are continuing with "aggressing Ebola response," which includes the process of contact tracing, management and vaccination of all contacts linked the case

A second Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed, citing the country’s health ministry. This tragic development brings the total number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country to ten.