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Somalia quarantines traveller exposed to Ebola

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Somalia quarantines traveller exposed to Ebola

Somalia’s Ministry of Health has quarantined a citizen who travelled with someone who died of Ebola virus disease. The deceased person had been exposed to an outbreak reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a ministerial statement published on 12 October 2026 and reported by Caasimada Online.

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