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 Travelers who have been in the two central African countries within
the past 21 days must fly to one of six U.S. airports - New York-JFK,
Chicago, Atlanta, Washington Dulles, Newark or Los Angeles,
according to the order first announced on Monday but signed on
Tuesday.
The CDC will require airlines to collect and transmit passenger
information electronically to the agency for public health follow-up
for all passengers who have been in the two countries who are
boarding a flight to the United States.
"Timely public health follow-up requires health officials to have
immediate access to accurate and complete contact information for
travelers as they arrive in the United States,” CDC Director
Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.
Recently, less than 100 people a day have been arriving in the
United States who have been in either country. The CDC said
outbreaks are centered in remote areas of the countries and added
that "the risk of Ebola to the United States is extremely low."
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 Three new cases of Ebola have
been confirmed in eastern DRC, bringing to 11
the number of cases since authorities declared a
resurgence of the deadly virus last month, a
health official told reporters on Monday.
The cases represent a flare-up of the 2018-20
epidemic, which killed more than 2,200 people
before it was declared over last June. Four
people have died and two have recovered among
the 11 cases.
In January the Biden Administration, in a move
to curb transmission of highly contagious new
coronavirus variants, barred most non-U.S.
citizens from the United States who have been in
South Africa within the prior 14 days, extending
restrictions in place for Brazil and most of
Europe since 2020.
(Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by
Franklin Paul and Bill Berkrot)
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