The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded its mandatory screening to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for Americans returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan.
Hartsfield-Jackson has previously screened passengers and established standard protocols, according to recent reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Meanwhile, Washington’s Dulles International Airport was tasked with screening returning citizens for the Ebola virus. This applies to health screening at the border, mandatory illness reporting to airlines and health monitoring after arrival.
For those unfamiliar, 82 cases have been confirmed in the DRC. Notably, there are seven confirmed deaths, 177 suspected deaths and almost 750 suspected cases linked to the Bundibugyo variant of Ebola.
The Trump administration has reportedly taken a significant step to ban non-citizens who had traveled to the DRC, Uganda or South Sudan in recent weeks from entering the United States.
The WHO’s regional director for Africa has previously warned that it would be a big mistake to underestimate the threat of Friday’s Ebola outbreak. There is a need to caution as just one case could spread the virus beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
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