Italy - Ebola 2026 - 3rd suspected case tests negative

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Two suspected cases in Italy (from Uganda)

In Lurate Caccivio, a small town in the Como area, the health protocol for suspected cases of Ebola has been activated. This was announced by the mayor Serena Arrighi, who in a note informed the citizens of the procedures put in place. And even the Ministry of Health with an official note speaks of "investigations on two people who returned from Uganda and were transferred to the Sacco". The two people would be part of a humanitarian mission.

Two people, who disembarked at 5.50 a.m. yesterday from Addis Ababa at Malpensa, coming from Uganda, had symptoms attributable to Ebola. For this reason, they were isolated and taken by the firefighters to the Sacco hospital in Milan to await the results of the tests: they were in fact subjected to all tests for diseases ranging from malaria to Ebola.

The two people who present the symptoms, both cooperators, are a 30-year-old man with fever, nausea and vomiting and a 33-year-old woman with a fever of 39, chills, mental confusion and vomiting. The two are in a group of 7 people - two families, one residing in Lurate and the other in another small municipality, Bulgarograsso - and among them there is also a one-year-old girl who has had malaria. For this reason, investigations are also being carried out to look for traces of Plasmodium, the parasite that causes this disease. In Uganda, at the moment, there are few certified cases of Ebola, much less numerous than those recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Among the people in quarantine in Lurate Caccivio was also the parish priest who allegedly came into contact with people who had returned from Africa.

The results of the tests for Ebola will arrive between late afternoon and evening today. Those for other diseases in a short time.

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They return from Uganda with a fever, the two Italian cooperants tested negative for Ebola

"Also negative tests for malaria and for the main respiratory viruses"

ROME, May 25, 2026, 9:10 PM

Two Italian cooperants hospitalized at the Sacco hospital in Milan, after returning from Uganda with fever and other symptoms, tested negative for the Ebola virus.

This is communicated by the Ministry of Health.

The two cooperants were subjected, "as a precaution", to specialist clinical evaluation as part of the monitoring activities with reference to the Ebola disease epidemic that developed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Ministry of Health, through the Department of Prevention, is in contact with the Lombardy Region and is also participating in the Civil Protection Operational Committee as part of the ongoing coordination and monitoring activities. The ministry will continue to "provide official updates based on the evolution of the epidemiological picture. The risk in Italy remains very low".

"The virological tests performed at the reference laboratory of the. Sacco Hospital in Milan gave a negative result. Patients also tested negative for malaria and for the main respiratory viruses currently monitored." This is announced by the regional councilor for Welfare, Guido Bertolaso on the two co-workers hospitalized in Lombardy with symptoms compatible with Ebola virus infection. The hypothesis, at the moment, is that of "an infection of bacterial origin affecting the gastrointestinal system".​
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Lombardy News / Health

Author: Davide Bertani Optimized for the web by: Moreno Gussoni​

The two patients at the Sacco hospital in Milan tested negative for Ebola.

Bertolaso: they contracted a gastrointestinal tract bacteria

"The virological tests performed at the reference laboratory at Milan's Sacco Hospital have yielded negative results." This was announced by Guido Bertolaso , Lombardy's Regional Welfare Councillor , referring to the two suspected cases reported in the past few hours and hospitalized in Lombardy with symptoms consistent with Ebola virus infection . The patients also tested negative for malaria and the main respiratory viruses currently being monitored .

Ebola patients test negative, subjects under observation

"The clinical conditions of the two subjects remain under observation by infectious disease specialists. In light of the initial diagnostic results," Bertolaso ​​continues, "one of the hypotheses currently being considered is that of a bacterial infection affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Both subjects tested positive for Shigella ."

Further microbiological and cultural investigations are underway.

Bertolaso: No public health concerns needed

"At this time, there are no grounds for public health concern . If the correct timing and procedures had been followed this morning," the councilor concluded, "the media alert that required a significant deployment of resources and operational activities could have been avoided."

• Published on May 25, 2026
• Post ID: 579936
• Type: Articles

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Ebola: An Italian doctor returning from Congo came into contact with infected patients.

Press release number 34​

Press release date May 27, 2026

The Ministry informs that work is underway to secure the safe return from Congo of a female surgeon who was working at the Salamat health center (Bunia-Ituri), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the current Ebola outbreak. Authorization for her return to Rome has been signed. The surgeon is a member of Doctors Without Borders.

As part of her clinical practice, on May 16, she came into contact with patients who later tested positive. This is therefore a case of direct contact. The doctor also performed emergency lifesaving surgery on May 18 on a child who was the victim of a grenade explosion. The child is a suspected case of Ebola, for which a test is not yet available.

The doctor is currently showing no symptoms. The returning doctor will arrive in Rome today. He will be taken to the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome for the necessary quarantine and active surveillance.

The Ministry of Health recalls that there are currently no cases of Ebola in Italy and that the level of concern is very low. The Ministry has been actively involved in all preparedness and surveillance activities since the outbreak began and is continuing to monitor the evolution of the epidemiological situation in coordination with local authorities and national and local health authorities.

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Ebola: Doctor returning from Congo tests negative

Press release number 35​

Press release date: May 29, 2026

The Ministry of Health informs that last night the Italian doctor from Doctors Without Borders who had come into contact with patients who tested positive for Ebola returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The doctor is a surgeon who is asymptomatic but who nevertheless authorized the test, which came back negative. The test was performed at the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, where the doctor is currently in quarantine.

The Ministry recalls that there is no Ebola alert in our country. The Ministry has been actively involved in all preparedness and surveillance activities since the outbreak began and is continuing to monitor the evolution of the epidemiological situation in coordination with the local authorities and national and local health authorities.

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Ebola: Investigations underway on a suspected case in Sardinia

Press release number 36​

Press release date: May 31, 2026

The Ministry of Health informs that investigations are underway on a patient who returned from Congo and is now in Cagliari.

The symptomatic patient was tested for Ebola, which will be analyzed by the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome this evening. The patient is currently in isolation at a hospital.

The Ministry of Health is in contact with local health authorities in Sardinia and with the Spallanzani Hospital to monitor the situation.

Please remember that the risk remains very low in Italy.

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Ebola patient returning to Sardinia from Congo tests negative

Press release number 37​

Press release date: June 1, 2026

The Ministry of Health announces that the Ebola test performed yesterday on the patient who returned to Sardinia from Congo was negative. The tests were conducted by the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome.
The patient returned to Italy on Saturday, May 30. Yesterday, after experiencing some symptoms, he called 118 and was taken to the Santissima Trinità hospital in Cagliari in biocontainment for the necessary diagnostic tests, as required by current protocols. The Ministry remains in contact with the Sardinian health authorities.
The risk in Italy remains very low.



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