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Thailand orders nationwide Ebola surveillance as governors told to support 21-day quarantine
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The Interior Ministry has instructed all 76 provincial governors to step up Ebola surveillance and support 21-day quarantine or isolation measures for travellers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, after the World Health Organization declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the two countries a public health emergency of international concern.
Key facts
- The WHO declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in DR Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on May 17, 2026
- Ebola virus disease is listed in Thailand as a dangerous communicable disease under the Ministry of Public Health’s 2016 announcement on dangerous communicable diseases.
- The Public Health Ministry has also issued a 2026 announcement designating DR Congo and Uganda as dangerous communicable disease zones for Ebola virus disease under the Communicable Diseases Act
- The designation took effect on May 21, 2026.
Summary
Health & Wellness
Arsit Sampantharat, Permanent Secretary of the Interior Ministry, said the ministry had been contacted by the secretariat of the National Communicable Disease Committee under the Public Health Ministry to prepare provincial authorities for surveillance, prevention and control of Ebola virus disease.