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CDC Urges Lifting Uganda Ebola Travel Ban

7/21/2026

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  • CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya asked U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lift Uganda’s Ebola travel restrictions.
  • Kaseya said Uganda has had no new Ebola infections for about a month, and the patient left hospital on July 16, starting WHO’s 42-day countdown.
  • The United States has barred travelers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and from Uganda or South Sudan since May, tightening the restrictions last week.