Ebola: Uganda asks Nigeria for infected traveller’s route
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Uganda is asking Nigeria for the itinerary and medical history of a Nigerian traveller who tested positive for Ebola and passed through the country after staying in eastern DR Congo. Uganda’s health ministry says no active case has been confirmed there and that the place of infection remains to be established, according to its statement published in Kampala on 20 October 2026.
Uganda has asked Nigeria for detailed information on the movements of a Nigerian national who tested positive for Ebola, after travelling through the country at the beginning of October. Uganda’s Ministry of Health said on 20 October that Uganda had no confirmed active cases and that the place where the traveller was exposed to the virus remained to be established, Punch reports.
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