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Uganda orders Ebola quarantine as Nigeria widens contact tracing
Uganda ordered a 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kampala says it has no active Ebola cases. Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda. Nigeria has traced at least 44 contacts, and Kenya has recorded two deaths.
Why it matters
Cases in several countries raise the risk of Ebola spreading through regional travel hubs.
Background
Ebola is a deadly virus spread through bodily fluids. The current outbreak is linked to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has started a vaccine trial.
The story so far
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya confirms a third Ebola case
- Kenya confirms four more Bundibugyo Ebola cases
- Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as outbreak spreads in Congo
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja as outbreak spreads
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in over a decade
- Ebola cluster in Kenya rises to nine as Africa CDC traces Nigeria case
- Nigeria's Ebola patient identified as Swiss diplomat's wife
- Kenya reports second Ebola death
- Uganda orders Ebola quarantine as Nigeria widens contact tracing
- Ebola: patient evacuated from Nigeria; nurse killed in Congo
Sources
- Al Jazeera ↗Oct 25, 2:20 PM ET
- DW ↗Oct 25, 9:41 AM ET
- RFI ↗October 25, 2026
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