25.5.2026
Italian authorities in the northern Lombardy region have declared a health alert after two suspected cases of Ebola were detected in the province of Como.
According to Euronews reports the cases concern a woman from Lurate Caccivio and a man from Bulgarograsso who returned from Uganda in the past 24 hours with other members of their families after spending around three months there as humanitarian aid workers.
Both have developed symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus, including high fever, nausea, vomiting and intestinal problems.
They were quickly transferred to Milan’s Sacco Hospital, a specialist facility for the management of high-risk infectious diseases, where tests required under national and international protocols are under way.
Lombardy’s regional welfare minister, Guido Bertolaso, confirmed that emergency procedures had been activated, while stressing that there is currently no official confirmation of the presence of the virus.
“There is still no certainty that this is Ebola,” Bertolaso said at a press conference, explaining that the results of diagnostic tests are expected later on Monday and that “we are hopeful they will be negative.”
According to the regional minister, the two patients come from an area of Uganda close to the borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, regions currently being monitored because of a rise in Ebola cases.