The CDC and Department of Homeland Security activated enhanced entry screening and restriction measures for travellers from DRC and Uganda beginning May 18.
The measures aim to reduce the risk of Ebola importation amid the ongoing outbreak in Central Africa. Enhanced screening typically involves health questionnaires, temperature checks, and routing of symptomatic passengers for evaluation.
DHS enforcement at ports of entry complements CDC public health authority, combining immigration processing with epidemiological controls. Travelers originating in DRC and Uganda face the new layer as of the May 18 activation date.
U.S. officials had been scaling response activities as cases spread in the region, including imported infections in neighboring countries. Border policy forms one component of a wider containment strategy.
American entry pathways now operate under heightened Ebola-related protocols for DRC and Uganda travelers under joint CDC and DHS authority activated May 18.
Enhanced entry restrictions for travellers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda took effect May 18 under CDC and DHS authority. The CDC and Department of Homeland Security activated enhanced entry screening for travelers from DRC and Uganda beginning May 18 after the WHO emergency declaration. Port-of-entry screening for DRC and Uganda travelers began May 18 under coordinated CDC and Homeland Security public health border protocols.
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Sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/index.html