October 27, 2022
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has issued a Health Advisory to be aware of the recent Ebola outbreak in central Uganda.
Last month, the Ministry of Health of Uganda officially declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD). As of October 12, there have been 74 cases and 39 deaths. No suspected, probable or confirmed EVD cases have been reported to date outside of Uganda, and the risk of importation into the United States is currently assessed as low.
As a precaution, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is routing all travelers from Uganda to the U.S. through five airports (JFK, Newark, Dulles, Atlanta, O’Hare) for screening purposes. Travelers without high-risk exposure who are asymptomatic do not need to be quarantined and may travel onward.
For travelers whose final destination is Minnesota, MDH has implemented traveler monitoring in conjunction with the CDC quarantine station at MSP and will be contacting travelers for an initial risk assessment and post-arrival symptom monitoring for 21 days from their Uganda departure date.
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On December 4, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its budget forecast for the 2026-27 biennium, showing a short-term budget surplus of $2.5 billion for the current biennium, but warned of a long-term $2.96 billion deficit for the 2028-29 biennium.
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