Uganda's Health Ministry said Sunday that it is reinforcing existing border controls, requiring citizens returning from Congo to undergo 21 days of quarantine at their own expense, ABC News reported. The measures are tied to Ebola, according to the report's headline.
ABC News described the steps as "reinforcing existing border controls," indicating that the quarantine requirement builds on rules already in place rather than introducing an entirely new policy. The summary of the report does not describe the earlier rules in detail.
The same report said investigators are examining how a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria came to be part of a case under review. The summary breaks off mid-sentence at that point, so the full account of that investigation cannot be reported from the material available here.
The available material does not give the number of people affected by the quarantine rule, the border crossings it covers, or any response from authorities in Congo or Nigeria. ABC News is the only source provided for this story, so no conflicting accounts from other outlets are available to compare.
The report's byline field is blank, and no time of the ministry's announcement beyond Sunday is given in the material. Further reporting from additional outlets would be needed to confirm the details of the investigation and the scope of the new requirements.