Uganda steps up Ebola screening at Entebbe airport
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Pmnewsnigeria
Uganda has stepped up Ebola virus disease screening at Entebbe International Airport after a Nigerian traveller who later tested positive passed through. The Ugandan Health Ministry deployed thermal scanners and intensified surveillance, while Nigeria is tracing contacts, according to Ugandan and Nigerian health authorities.
Uganda has stepped up screening for Ebola virus disease at Entebbe International Airport after a Nigerian traveller transited through the airport in early October and subsequently tested positive in Nigeria, according to Uganda’s Ministry of Health. The ministry’s permanent secretary, Diana Atwine, visited the airport to inspect border-control measures and identify any gaps.
The ministry said it had received thermal scanners donated by the International Organisation for Migration to improve screening at major entry points. It reiterated that Uganda had no confirmed active Ebola cases. The traveller had visited eastern DR Congo on business before transiting through Uganda; she reportedly showed no symptoms there and fell ill after arriving in Nigeria.
Nigerian authorities confirmed through laboratory tests an imported case in a woman who arrived in Abuja from Uganda, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. They launched contact tracing and stepped up surveillance. Kampala had already confirmed that there were no active cases, as reported in our previous article on the situation in Uganda.
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