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US to conduct Ebola screening at airports
The United States announced on Monday that it will strengthen precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola by implementing health screenings at airports for passengers from affected areas and temporarily suspending visas. AFP The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a international health emergency.
TL;DR
- The US will conduct health screenings at airports for passengers from Ebola-affected areas.
- Temporary visa suspensions will be implemented for non-US passport holders who have traveled to Uganda, DRC, or South Sudan in the last 21 days.
- An American working in the Democratic Republic of Congo has contracted the Ebola virus.
- The CDC considers the immediate risk to the US public to be low.
- The US has mobilized $13 million in aid for immediate response efforts.
- There are 91 reported deaths and 350 suspected cases related to the current outbreak in the DRC.