Gujarat quarantines four over suspected Ebola exposure, samples sent for testing
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar,
May 27, 2026
Gujarat health authorities have quarantined four people, including a businessman who recently arrived from Africa, as a precautionary measure amid heightened surveillance over Ebola outbreaks reported in Uganda and Congo, State Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said on Wednesday.
The Minister said a 37-year-old businessman identified as Amori Lokola arrived in Mumbai around five to seven days ago before travelling to Vadodara.
After the businessman developed a fever in Vadodara, he was admitted to Banker Hospital.
Following information received by the state Health department, he was shifted to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where a separate Ebola isolation ward has been set up.
“Currently, patients are being reported in African countries such as Uganda and Congo and the virus is spreading there. The World Health Organisation has issued specific guidelines to countries across the world,” Minister Pansheriya said.
He added that two other individuals who travelled with Lokola, identified as Patrick Kaja and Valentin Jodel, had also been admitted to separate isolation wards at the SVP Hospital in Ahmedabad.
A doctor who came into professional contact with them, Dr. Sunil Musana, has also been quarantined as a precaution.
“No kind of confirmation has been received yet, so there is no need to panic. It has not been confirmed that this is a case of Ebola virus,” the Minister said….
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