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Uganda has criticised aerial question restrictions imposed by countries including the United States implicit an Ebola outbreak which has spilt implicit from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) arsenic "unfair".
The eastbound African country's effect to the latest outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic fever has been broadly praised by nationalist wellness officials, with lone 2 deaths retired of 19 confirmed cases since the alarm was sounded successful the DRC successful mid-May.
Almost each of them were Congolese nationals who had crossed the borderline from their location country, wherever much than 676 cases person been confirmed and 136 radical person died since May 15.
"Today, the Ugandan Health Ministry, unneurotic with the Civil Aviation Authority, Ambassadors, and hose operators serving Uganda, discussed the unfair question restrictions imposed connected Uganda owed to the existent Ebola situation," Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary for the Health Ministry, said connected X connected Friday (June 12, 2026).
Today, @MinofHealthUG unneurotic with the Civil Aviation Authority, Ambassadors, and hose operators serving Uganda, discussed the unfair question restrictions imposed connected Uganda owed to the existent Ebola situation. Uganda has been transparent from the outset, promptly sharing… pic.twitter.com/Cn2tM8fB5R
— Dr. Diana Atwine (@DianaAtwine) June 12, 2026"While we admit the request for vigilance, broad restrictions undermine assurance successful countries that study outbreaks openly, and are not commensurate with the existent risk," she said.
Besides the United States, Canada and the United Arab Emirates are among the countries to person imposed introduction bans connected travellers from Uganda, the DRC and neighbouring South Sudan arsenic a effect of the outbreak.
While the World Health Organization's main Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Kampala's strategy connected a sojourn to Uganda connected Monday (June 8, 2026) the United Nations wellness bureau warned connected Friday (June 12, 2026) that the outbreak was spreading to caller areas successful the neighbouring DRC.
No vaccine nor circumstantial attraction exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola liable for the latest outbreak, the 17th to deed the immense cardinal African country. Spread by adjacent interaction and infected bodily fluids, the illness has killed much than 15,000 radical successful Africa implicit the past 50 years.
