Uganda to impose 21-day quarantine on returning citizens with Congo travel history
Authorities tightened screening and contact tracing as Uganda investigates a traveler linked to Bundibugyo virus disease in Nigeria.
- On Sunday, Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi announced that Ugandan citizens returning from the DRC must undergo a 21-day quarantine, tightening Ebola precautions despite officials maintaining the country remains Ebola-free.
- The Ministry instituted these precautionary measures following an investigation into a traveler who tested positive for Bundibugyo Virus Disease after arriving in Nigeria, prompting extensive tracing of movements.
- Authorities have intensified traveler screening at Entebbe International Airport and all land border crossings, requiring locator forms and urging the public to report alerts via SMS to 6767.
- All 60 contacts linked to a Kenyan Ebola case have completed their 21-day monitoring period and were discharged, Baryomunsi reported, validating current tracing protocols across entry points and transport operators.
- International partners, including the Africa CDC, US CDC, and the World Health Organisation, are providing technical support for genomic sequencing, while The Ministry continues urging border communities to report unauthorized crossings.
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Uganda to impose 21-day quarantine on returning citizens with Congo travel history
Ugandan citizens returning to the country with a history of travel to Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for 21 days, Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said on Sunday as Uganda tightened Ebola precautions despite saying it remained Ebola-free.
Uganda Imposes Mandatory 21-Day Quarantine For Returning Citizens With DRC Travel History Amid Regional Ebola Concerns
Following confirmed imported Ebola cases linked to travellers transiting through its territory, the Ugandan health ministry has announced mandatory 21-day quarantines for returning citizens with recent travel histories to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Uganda insists it’s Ebola-free, bars travellers from DRC from transiting
Uganda has barred travellers with a history of travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from transiting through the country. The restriction comes amid an investigation into a female traveller who arrived Nigeria from Uganda and later tested positive for the Bundibugyo virus disease in Nigeria. The patient, the wife of a Swiss diplomatic, had arrived Nigeria and presented at a private health facility in Abuja before being diagnos…
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