Question follow-through · 9710

Ebola: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the spread of Ebola from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
17 Jun 2026
Answer
23 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the spread of Ebola from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain.

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) assess the current risk to the United Kingdom’s population from the Ebola outbreak as low. The Government has advised against all but essential travel to the affected region of ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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