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Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from Congo
Citizens returning from neighboring Congo must spend 21 days in quarantine at their own expense.[1, 2] Uganda is reinforcing border controls to stop the spread of Ebola, the Health Ministry said Sunday.[1]
Uganda says the country is Ebola free, but Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda.[2] Investigators are examining how the woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria contracted the disease.[1]
Covered by The Washington Times and Al Jazeera
Read first Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo
Where accounts differ (1)
- FramingAl Jazeera reports that Uganda says the country is Ebola free while Swiss authorities believe the Nigeria case was infected in Uganda; The Washington Times reports investigators are examining how the woman contracted the disease after traveling from Uganda.[1, 2]
- The Washington Times · Right · Oct 25, 1:44 p.m. ET 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…
- Al Jazeera · Not rated · Oct 25, 2:20 p.m. ET Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo
Kampala says country is Ebola free, but Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda.
- The Washington Times · Right · Oct 25, 1:44 p.m. ET Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Congo to pay for quarantine
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