Browsing: Infectious Diseases
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has formally declared Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus a formidable epidemic disease under the Public Health Act, introducing a…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has identified and verified all 122 people linked to its first imported Ebola case, with 108 placed in quarantine and undergoing…
MOMBASA, Kenya — Opposition leaders have accused President William Ruto’s administration of failing to adequately prepare for the threat of Ebola, using Kenya’s first confirmed…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Canada has updated its travel guidance for Kenya following confirmation of an imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola in Nairobi, joining other governments…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — The United States has introduced tighter boarding and entry measures for travellers with recent travel histories in the Democratic Republic…
NANYUKI, Kenya — For months, the bio-isolation facility inside Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base existed largely as a political and legal controversy. It was a project that…
KAMPALA, Uganda — On Thursday 16, July 2026 morning, a quiet but symbolic moment unfolded inside the isolation unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital. Standing…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Israel has reversed an earlier decision to bar travellers from Kenya from entering the country over Ebola-related concerns, following diplomatic protests from the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Israel has imposed travel restrictions on nationals from five African countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised travel restrictions imposed on Uganda following the recent Ebola outbreak linked to neighbouring Democratic Republic of…