Ebola: Uganda introduces 21-day quarantine for people entering from DRC

Travelers entering Uganda after visiting DR Congo will face a 21-day quarantine, the country's health minister announced on Sunday. The DRC has been battling its deadliest Ebola outbreak since May. The new screening measures come after Nigeria reported its first case of the virus in a woman returning from Uganda. Kampala insists the country remains Ebola-free. The Ministry of Health wishes to announce that all the 60 contacts which were listed, identified and monitored in Uganda in connection with the recent Ebola virus disease case have completed their 21-day follow-up period and have been discharged. In August, the World Health Organization declared Uganda Ebola-free after 20 cases on its territory. Almost all the infections were in people who'd been in the DRC. Kenya has reported nine cases since the start of October.