Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say

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   Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say

   BBC NewsPublished Oct 23, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “Health officials are investigating if both patients contracted the virus at the aiport Health officials are investigating whether Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya may have crossed paths at Uganda's main airport earlier this month. Both travelled through Entebbe airport on 3 October, and investigators are examining whether they could have been exposed through shared equipment or other contact, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday. Dr Wessam Mankoula, the agency's head of emergency preparedness and response, said this was "one of the possible scenarios", but stressed that no link had been established. Nigeria is battling its first Ebola case in more than a decade, while Kenya has confirmed nine infections, including one death. The Nigerian patient, a 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman who lives in Abuja, is receiving treatment in isolation and is showing signs of improvement, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). She is married to a Swiss diplomat based in Nigeria, Switzerland's foreign ministry confirmed to Reuters news agency. Her husband, who accompanied her on a trip to Uganda, is also in isolation but has not developed symptoms. The woman returned to Nigeria on 3 October after spending about two and a half weeks in Uganda , travelling through Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, where she had a two-hour stopover.”

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   The Re-Emergence of Bundibugyo Ebolavirus in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Epidemiological Drivers, Response Strategies, and Implications for Global Health Security.

   Infection and drug resistance (Olwit et al.)Published Sep 3, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “rizes peer-reviewed literature, preprints, and official situation reports from WHO, Africa CDC, US CDC, ECDC, and national health ministries, identified through PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Embase from inception to 12 August 2026, to examine BDBV historical evolution, virology and pathogenesis, drivers of re-emergence, surveillance and response, therapeutic and vaccine gaps, and global health security implications. The 2026 outbreak, unfolding amid conflict and mass displacement in eastern DRC, has been marked by an estimated basic reproduction number of 1.4-2.1 (central estimate 1.71), disproportionate infection among healthcare workers (7.2% of confirmed cases in DRC, 20% in Uganda), and the continued absence of licensed BDBV-specific vaccines or therapeutics. Findings underscore the need for sustained genomic and ecological surveillance, decentralized rapid diagnostics, broadly protective pan-filovirus vaccines, conflict-sensitive response strategies, and strengthened Uganda-DRC collaboration. Because the evidence base for the ongoing outbreak remains preliminary, findings should be interpreted cautiously and revisited as further peer-reviewed data emerge.”

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   The 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Virology, epidemiology, continental response, and research priorities.

   Infectious medicine (Zhang et al.)Published Jun 25, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “Unlike Zaire ebolavirus outbreaks, no licensed vaccine or specific therapeutic exists for BVD, and the response is further complicated by armed conflict, population mobility through mining corridors, fragile health systems, and community mistrust that has occasionally erupted into violence against responders. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 17 May 2026, and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) on 18 May 2026. Under a unified "One Team, One Plan, One Budget, and One M&E Framework" architecture, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization jointly issued the Bundibugyo Virus Disease Continental Preparedness and Response Plan, with a budget of $517.7 million over six months and structured around 14 technical pillars. This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of the virology, epidemiology, critical research gaps, and international response strategy, aiming to inform both ongoing outbreak operations and future scientific efforts.”

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   Screening and monitoring of travellers returning from countries affected by Bundibugyo virus: an overview of European approaches, July 2026.

   Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (DunningPublished Jul 1, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “The 2026 Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has prompted European countries and the United States to revise measures for travellers, healthcare workers and humanitarian personnel returning from affected areas. We compare current procedures and protocols with those implemented during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak. Despite some national differences, policies have largely converged towards risk-based management, early case detection, rapid isolation, exposure-based monitoring and healthcare preparedness, rather than routine border screening.”

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   Key Considerations: Cross-Border Dynamics Between Uganda and Kenya in the Context of the Outbreak of Ebola, 2022

   Research paper (Lamarque & Brown)Published Dec 14, 2022Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “A total of 23 suspected cases were tested in Kenya up to 1 December 2022, all with negative results. To date, no case of SVD has been imported into the country from Uganda. This brief provides details about cross-border relations between the two states, the political and economic dynamics likely to influence these, and the specific areas and actors most at risk. The brief is based on a rapid review of existing published and grey literature, news reports, previous ethnographic research in Kenya and Uganda, and informal discussions with colleagues from the International Organisation for Migration, UNICEF, UNDP, Save the Children, the Kenyan Red Cross Society, the Kenyan Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries in Kenya, and the Safe Water and AIDS project in Kisumu. It was requested by the Collective Service, written by Hugh Lamarque (University of Edinburgh) and Hannah Brown (Durham University) and supported by Olivia Tulloch (Anthrologica). It was further reviewed by colleagues from Anthrologica, the Institute of Development Studies, and the Collective Service. This brief is the responsibility of SSHAP.”