- A woman who travelled from Uganda to India has tested negative for Ebola after being isolated in a Bengaluru hospital on suspicion of having the virus.
- She developed mild body aches after arriving in India, prompting health officials to send samples for testing to the National Institute of Virology.
- The woman was monitored due to her recent travel to an Ebola-hit nation, despite showing no symptoms during initial airport screening.
- This alert follows a recent declaration by the WHO of the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, largely affecting Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a public health emergency.
- India last reported an Ebola case in a previous outbreak in 2014.
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