Doctors hope Ebola outbreak may be over

Ugandan health officials are conducting a countdown as they work towards declaring the outbreak of Ebola fever over in Uganda with only one death reported in the last six days.

Dr Samuel Okware, head of the country's Ebola task force, says officials have begun counting down two consecutive 21-day incubation periods, and if no new cases are reported by February 15, the outbreak, which has so far claimed 173 lives since it was confirmed on October 14, will be declared over.