Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Congo to pay for quarantine
Uganda is reinforcing border controls to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and now requires citizens returning from neighboring Congo to spend 21 days in quarantine at their own expense, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as investigators examine how a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria contracted the disease.
Uganda is strengthening its border controls to prevent the spread of Ebola. Citizens returning from the neighboring Congo must now undergo a 21-day quarantine, which they will have to finance themselves. This measure comes as authorities investigate a case of a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria and contracted the virus.
- Uganda is reinforcing border controls due to the Ebola virus.
- Citizens returning from Congo must undergo a 21-day quarantine.
- The quarantine period will be at the expense of the returning citizens.
- An investigation is underway into how a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria contracted Ebola.
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