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Uganda boosts border controls to halt Ebola

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda is reinforcing border controls to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and now requires citizens returning from neighboring Congo to spend 21 days in quarantine at their own expense, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as investigators examine how a woman who traveled fro…

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    Uganda Requires DRC Returnees to Quarantine 21 Days at Own Expense (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Uganda requires citizens returning from the DRC to quarantine 21 days at their own expense, bars DRC-history transit, and limits the border to essential travelers.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Congo to pay for quarantine (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Uganda is reinforcing existing border controls requiring citizens returning from Congo to undergo 21 days of quarantine at their own expense, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as investigators examine how a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria contracted Ebola

  3. Al Jazeera

    Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Kampala says country is Ebola free, but Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda.

  4. BBC News

    Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from DR Congo (opens BBC News)

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    Uganda will also not allow most travellers who have been in DR Congo to transit through the country.

  5. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Uganda boosts border controls to halt Ebola (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda is reinforcing border controls to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and now requires citizens returning from neighboring Congo to spend 21 days in quarantine at their own expense, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as investigators examine how a woman who traveled fro…

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