The Union health ministry on Saturday advised citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan due to the Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa.It urged citizens currently living in or travelling to these countries to strictly follow health guidance from the local authorities and maintain heightened precautions.This came six days after the World Health Organization declared the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.The WHO said that the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency. However, the trends of suspected cases and clusters of deaths being reported “point towards a potentially much larger outbreak than what is currently being detected and reported, with significant local and regional risk of spread”.Earlier this week, a summit between India and the African Union that was scheduled to be held between May 28 and May 31 was also postponed due to the Ebola outbreak.On Sunday, the health ministry noted that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization had on Friday issued temporary recommendations to strengthen disease surveillance at points of entry “to “detect, assess, report and manage travellers with unexplained febrile illness arriving from areas with documented Bundibugyo virus detection”.The committee has also urged countries to discourage travel to areas with documented Bundibugyo virus detection, the health ministry noted.#HealthForAll@WHO Declares #Ebola Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; Africa CDC Declares Public Health Emergency of Continental SecurityGovernment of India Advises Citizens to Avoid Non-Essential Travel to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and…— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) May 24, 2026