Current Situation Singapore is stepping up public health measures following the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda to prevent imported cases, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) announced on 19 May 2026.¹ Ebola is a serious infectious disease that can be fatal and is spread through close contact with the blood or body fluids of infected people or animals. Common symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhoea

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