Ebola: Uganda reports no confirmed active cases
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Thenewsnigeria
Uganda’s Ministry of Health says the country has no confirmed active Ebola cases after an infected traveller was reported in Nigeria, having transited through Uganda. Authorities are stepping up screening at points of entry and say they are awaiting information from Nigeria to trace her movements, according to the ministry’s statement published on 20 October 2026.
Uganda had no confirmed active Ebola cases as of 20 October 2026, the country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement issued in Kampala. The ministry urged the public to remain calm and vigilant after a case was confirmed in Nigeria in a woman who had travelled to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According to initial information, the traveller passed through Uganda in early October without showing symptoms, then fell ill after arriving in Nigeria. The ministry said that her transit did not prove that she had been infected in Uganda and that the place of exposure remained to be determined.
Kampala said the Nigerian government had not yet provided details of the patient’s itinerary and clinical records, which are needed for investigations and any possible contact tracing. Uganda plans to step up health screening at points of entry in coordination with relevant organisations, while maintaining humanitarian and diplomatic travel.
The request for information follows steps reported on 20 October, when Uganda asked Nigeria for the infected traveller’s itinerary.
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