# Uganda requires returning citizens to fund 21-day Ebola quarantine

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uganda-imposes-21-day-quarantine-on-citizens-returning-from-dr-congo/
- Published: 2026-10-26T08:18:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T09:13:11+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crx2dyd24188o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Culture, Travel, World

## Key points

- Returning Ugandans from DR Congo face 21 days of quarantine at their own cost.
- Uganda has tightened airport, border and road screening.
- Officials are tracing travel histories after cases emerged in Kenya and Nigeria.

## Summary

Uganda is requiring citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to quarantine for 21 days at their own expense, as it strengthens measures against Ebola. The government says the steps are intended to keep the country free of the disease, after two people who travelled through Uganda tested positive in Kenya and Nigeria.

Travellers who have been to DR Congo cannot transit through Uganda, while screening has been increased at Entebbe airport, land borders and road checkpoints. More than 4,800 people have died in DR Congo’s current outbreak since May; Uganda reported 20 cases and two deaths before being declared Ebola-free in August. Uganda says it has no current cases, and officials are investigating the travel histories and possible exposure routes of the patients detected abroad.

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