Ebola returned to West Africa in eary 2021, the first time in 5 years
WASHINGTON, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Biden administration said it was lifting Ebola-related travel restrictions for U.S. visitors who have recently been in Guinea, effective Friday.
In March, the Department of Homeland Security ordered that travelers who had been in Guinea and Democratic Republic of the Congo within the past 21 days had to fly into one of six U.S. airports – New York-JFK; Chicago; Atlanta; Washington Dulles; Newark, New Jersey; or Los Angeles.
The restriction on travel from DRC was lifted on May 3. DHS said on Thursday there had been no new Ebola cases reported in Guinea since early April. — NNN-AGENCIES
