The Ugandan government has declared an end to its Ebola outbreak, less than four months after cases were first reported.Since 20 September, 56 people have died from the virus, which is spread through body fluids, and there have been 142 confirmed infections.The country has reported no new infections in more than 42 days twice the maximum incubation period of the virus, a World Health Organization benchmark for a country to be declared Ebola-free.
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