Ebola: Uganda reinstates traveller locator forms
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
Uganda has reinstated locator forms for all incoming travellers after a traveller from Nigeria was infected with Bundibugyo virus. The Ugandan Ministry of Health is also strengthening prevention measures at borders and in health facilities, according to an official statement published on 23 October 2026.
Uganda’s Ministry of Health has reinstated locator forms for all travellers entering the country and strengthened checks at its borders. These precautionary measures were announced in a statement dated 23 October, signed by Professor Charles Olaro, director general of health services.
The investigation concerns a traveller who tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease in Nigeria after leaving Uganda. The ministry says she had no symptoms when she departed and is working with Nigerian health authorities to establish her itinerary, movements and possible exposure to the virus. The investigation is also receiving technical support from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
The authorities have strengthened infection prevention and control measures at entry and exit points, as well as in health facilities. Travellers who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are not permitted to transit through Uganda. The ministry says the country has no confirmed cases of Ebola and urges the public to comply with health checks.
The reinstatement of the forms comes after Uganda asked Nigeria for details of the infected traveller’s movements, then confirmed there were no active cases in the country on 21 October. On 22 October, the authorities also stepped up screening at Entebbe Airport.
