Bengaluru, May 26 -- A suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has reportedly been detected in Bengaluru, triggering concern among residents of the city. A 28-year-old foreign woman who arrived from Uganda has shown symptoms resembling Ebola infection and has currently been placed under close medical observation.

According to health department sources, the woman, identified as Nagire Latifa from Kampala, Uganda, arrived in Bengaluru on May 23. She was staying in Room No. 303 of Royal Ace Boutique Hotel in the city.

After she reportedly developed symptoms similar to Ebola infection, health officials immediately intervened and shifted her to an isolation facility in an ambulance for further monitoring and treatment.

Blood samples and...