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A Doctors Without Borders Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, August 2026. (File photo)Sophie Müller / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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U.S. Extends Ebola Travel Restrictions on Uganda, Congo and South Sudan for 30 Days; Africa CDC Calls It a “Double Standard”

The U.S. extended Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda, the DR Congo and South Sudan for 30 days, citing cross-border risk from Congo's Bundibugyo outbreak. Africa CDC called it a double standard.