Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo
Summary
Uganda has ordered citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to pay for and complete 21 days of quarantine as it tightens Ebola screening at airports and land crossings. Uganda says it has no active cases, but officials are investigating possible links between infections reported in Nigeria and Kenya and travel through Uganda.Key Facts
- Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi announced the quarantine measure on Sunday in Kampala.
- Uganda requires incoming travelers to complete forms with contact information and has strengthened checks at Entebbe International Airport and land crossings.
- Uganda declared its Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak over on July 28, after recording 20 infections and two deaths.
- Nigeria confirmed an Ebola infection in a Ugandan-born woman on October 20, after she had traveled to Abuja.
- A Kenyan man who had traveled from the DRC through Uganda died in October; Kenya has since reported a second Ebola death.
- Both the Kenyan patient and the woman passed through Entebbe airport on the same day, but Ugandan officials said footage showed no physical interaction between them.
- Uganda said 60 people monitored after possible contact with the Kenyan patient completed 21 days of monitoring and were discharged.
- By October 20, the WHO had recorded 9,704 cases and 4,687 deaths in the DRC outbreak. The WHO urged stronger cross-border monitoring and cooperation, while advising against travel or trade restrictions.
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