Anyone with a trip to or from Kenya on the calendar needs to read this. On Friday, 30 October, the Kingdom announced further precautions against Ebola, based on health authorities' assessment of the epidemic situation, and Kenya became the fourth African country under its travel restrictions.
The Public Health Authority, Weqaya, described the health situation inside the Kingdom as reassuring and under constant follow-up, while officials work with local and international health bodies to assess the risk. In practice, the changes come down to five points:
- Citizens: travel to Kenya is suspended.
- Visas: no visa of any type is being issued to travellers coming from Kenya.
- Entry: arrivals from Kenya are barred.
- Third-country routes: the bar also covers anyone who was in Kenya, or in another country with an outbreak, during the 21 days before reaching the Kingdom.
- Countries already covered: travel to and from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan was suspended in June 2026.
The step extends preventive rules that date from July 2019 and were strengthened in May 2026. According to the World Health Organization, symptoms appear 2 to 21 days after infection, the virus passes through direct contact with an infected person's blood or body fluids, and people do not transmit it before they show symptoms. Weqaya says more measures will follow if the situation calls for them.
