Screening and monitoring of travellers returning from countries affected by Bundibugyo virus: an overview of European approaches, July 2026
Dunning J., Binetti E., Brantsæter AB., Ekqvist D., Feenstra SG., Herstein JJ., Kayembe DK., Lescure F-X., Mikolajewska A., Mondelaers A., Mora-Rillo M., Rovers C., Scorzolini L., Swaan CM., Vairo F., Vlieghe E., Wolf T., Zweers L., Nicastri E.
The 2026 Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has prompted European countries and the United States to revise measures for travellers, healthcare workers and humanitarian personnel returning from affected areas. We compare current procedures and protocols with those implemented during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak. Despite some national differences, policies have largely converged towards risk-based management, early case detection, rapid isolation, exposure-based monitoring and healthcare preparedness, rather than routine border screening.