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South Korea Raises Uganda Travel Warning Amid Ebola Outbreak
(MENAFN) South Korea escalated its travel warning for Uganda on Thursday in response to a widening Ebola outbreak in the region, media reported.
The Foreign Ministry upgraded its travel advisory for all of Uganda from Level 2 — which cautions against non-essential travel — to a special travel advisory, its highest designation. Seoul urged all South Korean nationals to cancel or postpone planned trips to Uganda, while those already in the country were advised to exercise heightened vigilance.
The ministry further announced plans to impose a Level 4 travel ban on Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On Tuesday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency designated Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan as priority quarantine management countries for Ebola virus disease.
According to the World Health Organization, 51 confirmed Ebola cases have been recorded in Congo, concentrated in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu, including in the cities of Bunia and Goma. Uganda has separately confirmed two cases in its capital, Kampala, one of which proved fatal — involving an individual who had traveled from Congo.
The current outbreak is being driven by the Bundibugyo strain, one of several viruses capable of causing Ebola disease, the WHO confirmed.
The virus presents with symptoms including fever, muscle pain, rash, and in some cases bleeding, spreading through direct contact with bodily fluids — including handling contaminated materials or contact with those who have succumbed to the disease.
The Bundibugyo strain carries an estimated fatality rate of between 25% and 40%, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) — a stark contrast to COVID-19, whose estimated global fatality rate remained well below 1% overall.
The Foreign Ministry upgraded its travel advisory for all of Uganda from Level 2 — which cautions against non-essential travel — to a special travel advisory, its highest designation. Seoul urged all South Korean nationals to cancel or postpone planned trips to Uganda, while those already in the country were advised to exercise heightened vigilance.
The ministry further announced plans to impose a Level 4 travel ban on Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On Tuesday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency designated Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan as priority quarantine management countries for Ebola virus disease.
According to the World Health Organization, 51 confirmed Ebola cases have been recorded in Congo, concentrated in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu, including in the cities of Bunia and Goma. Uganda has separately confirmed two cases in its capital, Kampala, one of which proved fatal — involving an individual who had traveled from Congo.
The current outbreak is being driven by the Bundibugyo strain, one of several viruses capable of causing Ebola disease, the WHO confirmed.
The virus presents with symptoms including fever, muscle pain, rash, and in some cases bleeding, spreading through direct contact with bodily fluids — including handling contaminated materials or contact with those who have succumbed to the disease.
The Bundibugyo strain carries an estimated fatality rate of between 25% and 40%, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) — a stark contrast to COVID-19, whose estimated global fatality rate remained well below 1% overall.
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