Uganda is set to declare an end to its latest deadly Ebola outbreak

Kampala — Uganda said on Monday it was expecting to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged late last year and has claimed the lives of at least 56 people. If no new case is reported by Tuesday, the health ministry said it would formally announce the end of the outbreak on Wednesday.

According to the World Health Organization, an outbreak of the disease ends when there are no new cases for 42 consecutive days — twice the incubation period of Ebola.

Health ministry spokesman Emmanuel Ainebyoona said in an invitation to journalists that the "declaration ceremony" will take place in the central district of Mubende, the epicenter of the outbreak.