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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 Organisation, 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 epicentre of the outbreak.
Since the Ugandan authorities declared the latest outbreak in Mubende on 20 September, the East African nation has registered 142 confirmed cases and 56 deaths, with the disease spreading to the capital Kampala.
The last confirmed patient was discharged from hospital on 30 November, according to health officials.
The worst epidemic in West Africa between 2013 and 2016 killed more than 11 300 people alone. The DRC has had more than a dozen epidemics, the deadliest claiming the lives of 2 280 people in 2020.
