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On October 28 in Moscow, on the sidelines of the third Russia–Africa Summit, an agreement was signed on the mutual abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic and service passports. The signing was accompanied by statements by Vladimir Putin about relations with Africa.
Otabek YusupovThe only confirmed Ebola patient in Nigeria — a Swiss citizen believed to have been infected in Uganda — has been evacuated to Switzerland. Uganda, declared Ebola-free in August, has imposed quarantine on those returning from the DR Congo and banned transit for anyone who has been there.
Madina UsmonovaIn north-eastern DR Congo, local residents attacked health workers responding to an alert about a possible Ebola case: one nurse was killed. In response, Uganda has banned non-essential travel to Congo and introduced a 21-day quarantine for returning citizens. In north-eastern DR Congo, local residents attacked health workers responding to a report of a possible Ebola case: one nurse was killed. In response, Uganda banned non-essential travel to Congo and introduced a 21-day quarantine for returning citizens.
Aziz KarimovThe first confirmed Ebola cases in Kenya and Nigeria are linked to Uganda: according to Africa CDC, both patients passed through Entebbe airport on October 3. Uganda denies active cases on its territory, but Switzerland has disputed the claim that the Nigerian patient traveled to the DR Congo, sharpening the question of where the infection occurred.
Javlon TursunovThe WHO has warned of a 'complex' Ebola outbreak situation after the first case in West Africa: in Nigeria, the 42-year-old wife of a Swiss diplomat, a Ugandan native, has been infected. The source of infection has not been established; Uganda denies that infection occurred on its territory. The outbreak in the DRC is the deadliest in the country's history; Kenya has also been affected.
Javlon TursunovNigeria's health ministry on October 20 confirmed the country's first Ebola case of the current outbreak: the virus was detected in a woman who arrived from Uganda. According to AFP, the patient is a diplomat, a Nigerian citizen who transited through Uganda from the DR Congo. The strain is Bundibugyo — the same one causing the largest outbreak in the DR Congo (more than 9,000 cases, over 4,300 deaths). Monitoring of 44 contacts is underway.
Sevara AzamovaFormer Rwandan army sergeant Robert Kabera, who became a prominent critic of President Paul Kagame on YouTube, has been found dead on the outskirts of Kampala. His head has not been found, and Ugandan police are investigating the killing. Rwandan authorities have not commented on the incident.
Otabek YusupovAccording to the DRC Ministry of Health, cited by Associated Press, the Ebola death toll has reached 4,381, with 9,066 confirmed infections. By the end of September, there were 3,900 deaths and 8,000 cases. The outbreak was declared on May 15 in Ituri province and spread to Uganda, where the WHO announced in late August that viral transmission had ceased.
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