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Ebola: Uganda restricts travel as Nigerian case evacuated to Europe 

The Ebola outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, now the fastest-growing and most widespread on record, has caused nearly 10,000 confirmed cases across Africa. 

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00:02Nigeria's only confirmed case in Africa's latest deadly Ebola outbreak was flown from
00:07the capital Abuja to Switzerland on Monday. In this case, she's a 42 year old woman. She's
00:16Ugandan, she's married to a Swiss. A Swiss? No. From investigation, she traveled out sometime,
00:25you see, in September to that area. And they came back through Kenya, all those,
00:33Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa came here. But the difficulty we have is to ascertain the travel history.
00:42Nigerian health authorities have identified 53 of the patient's contacts, including health workers,
00:49relatives and household staff. Uganda's Ministry of Health said last week that the patient had no
00:54symptoms when she left Uganda. Meanwhile, Uganda is reinforcing border controls to stop the spread
01:01of the virus and now requires citizens returning from neighboring DRC to spend 21 days in quarantine.
01:10I would like to re-emphasize to all Ugandans watching and listening and the international community
01:19that as of today, Sunday, the 25th October 2026, Uganda remains Ebola-free. We don't have
01:33any case of Ebola in Uganda. The Ebola outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May
01:40Korea has infected nearly 10,000 people across Africa and killed more than 4,700.
01:46100.

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