Ebola outbreak re-ignites debate over international travel checks in UK and US
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The US imposes checks on arrivals from Uganda – but will it help halt the potential spread of disease?
By Will Brown, Africa correspondent, in Nairobi
The debate about the value of travel checks and restrictions has reemerged after a strain of Ebola with no known vaccine reached the Ugandan capital – with the US and UK diverging in their response.
Since the hemorrhagic virus was detected in mid-September, roughly 30 deaths and 60 confirmed cases have been detected across the east African county.
While the vast majority have been in relatively rural areas in the centre of Uganda, fears were raised this week after officials announced a man had died in Kampala. On Thursday it was confirmed that the man’s wife, who had just given birth, had also been infected.
The capital is an international city home to about three million people, with sprawling slums where the virus could spread rapidly.
While there are no direct flights to the UK, there are routes from Kampala straight to Amsterd...
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