Uganda restricts DRC-linked transit amid Nigeria Ebola investigation

Uganda has reinstated traveller locator forms and barred people with a history of travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from transiting through the country as it investigates a Bundibugyo Ebola case detected in Nigeria. Uganda’s Ministry of Health said the woman who tested positive for the disease showed no symptoms when she departed Uganda. The ministry said the timing of symptom onset and the circumstances of her infection remain under investigation; it has not established where or when she was infected. The measures, announced in a statement dated October 23, apply to locator forms for all travellers, regardless of their country of origin. The ministry said the forms would support follow-up and contact tracing. It also said infection prevention and control measures had been strengthened at points of entry and exit and at health facilities, with surveillance continuing across the country. Ugandan health officials said they are working with Nigerian authorities to establish the traveller’s movements, travel history and possible exposures. Uganda has requested detailed travel records and genomic sequencing results, where available. The ministry said the...