Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo

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Uganda orders 21-day quarantine for travellers from DR Congo as Ebola spreads

On Sunday, Uganda ordered a 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo. Kampala says Uganda is Ebola free, but Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda. Kenya announced a second Ebola death on Thursday, and the outbreak has now reached four countries across eastern, central and western Africa. The WHO announced on Friday that a clinical trial of multiple Ebola vaccines has begun in DR Congo.

• Switzerland's foreign ministry says the Ebola patient in Nigeria, the wife of a Swiss diplomat, did not visit DR Congo and is believed to have caught the virus in Uganda, contradicting Uganda's earlier account.
• Officials say the Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya both travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 October.
• Kenya says there is no evidence of community spread after its second death.
• The US CDC reported 178 more measles cases on Friday, bringing the total to 4,588 across at least 43 outbreaks, more than double the 2025 tally.