Thailand has become the first country to impose a mandatory 21-day quarantine on travelers arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda after authorities raised disease control measures over the Ebola outbreak in Africa. The new rules came into effect from 6 p.m. local time on May 27, 2026, following approval by Thailand’s National Communicable Disease Committee.
The Department of Disease Control (DDC) said the measures apply to people who have traveled from or passed through the two African nations within the past 21 days. Thailand has not reported any Ebola infections so far, but health officials said the move was necessary because Ebola is a highly severe disease with an incubation period of up to 21 days.
