Africa CDC Says Ebola Cases Surpass 10,000, Urges Coordinated Response

What changed

Africa CDC director-general Jean Kaseya says Ebola cases have surpassed 10,000 and warns that the continent is “not winning” the response. African health ministers agreed to prepare every country for possible cases, coordinate responses across borders, keep borders open and strengthen surveillance.

Why it matters

The plan puts preparedness and movement on the same track. Countries are being asked to watch more closely and coordinate faster without closing borders, while people crossing African borders remain part of the response rather than being treated as a reason to halt travel.

That balance will test how well national health systems share information and act together. Uganda had separately imposed 21-day monitoring and passenger-locator forms on entrants, showing how border measures can become more intensive even as the wider policy keeps borders open.

The countries affected, case breakdown and timeline for the ministers’ measures were not specified.