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The Health Minister for Uganda announces that "all transmission chains have been fully interrupted and (I) take this opportunity to declare that the outbreak is over". This comes after the two epicentre towns, Mubende and Kassanda, were locked down to stop the spread of the disease. SOUNDBITE
Dr. Woldemariam, the WHO (World Health Organisation) Representative to Uganda, says of the 44 confirmed Ebola cases currently in the country, 10 are health workers. SOUNDBITE
Senior government scientist Anthony Fauci says the first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in a person in California. SOUNDBITE
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
The WHO Director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says that the Covid-19 pandemic's second year is on track to be its deadliest. SOUNDBITE
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