Canada suspends immigration documents and imposes quarantine on travellers from Uganda over Ebola

According to The Observer, the government of Canada announced temporary border and immigration restrictions on travellers and residents from Uganda, the DRC and South Sudan over the Ebola outbreak in the region. Canada said it would suspend immigration documents for residents of the affected countries for 90 days from 27 May and halt decisions on new applications, and that travellers who had been in those countries in the previous 21 days would face a mandatory 21-day quarantine from 30 May to 29 August 2026. Canadian ministers said the measures were precautionary and that the risk to Canada remained low.