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Trump administration expands Ebola travel restrictions to green card holders
Federal officials said the change is needed to reduce Ebola importation risk as 82 cases and seven deaths were confirmed in Congo.
- On Friday, the United States extended its Ebola-related travel ban to include Green Card holders who have recently visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan within the previous 21 days.
- The World Health Organization on Friday raised the risk of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the DRC to "very high," declaring the outbreak an emergency of international concern.
- Under the new interim final rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention restricts Green Card holders who traveled to affected nations within the previous 21 days from entering the United States.
- Federal officials stated the measure balances public health protection with emergency response resources, though the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention decried the restrictions as unnecessary and ineffective.
- Effective immediately, the rule will remain in place for six months or until Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. determines it is no longer needed to contain the outbreak.
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Trump administration expands Ebola travel restrictions to green card holders
The Trump administration updated its travel restrictions amid the Ebola outbreak to temporarily include the entry of lawful permanent residents who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan in the past 21 days. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the Centers for Disease Control and…
·Washington, United States
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Green-card holders who travelled to Ebola-affected Congo, Uganda, South Sudan now can't reenter US: CDS
US health authorities said they plan to temporarily bar permanent residents of the country from reentering if they’ve traveled recently to Ebola-affected areas in a new rule published Friday.
·New Delhi, India
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