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July 15 (Reuters) – The United States said on \u2060Wednesday \u2060that American citizens returning from \u2060the Democratic Republic of Congo must spend 21 days in \u200ba third country before entering the United States, citing concerns about the Ebola outbreak in \u200cthe region.<\/p>\n

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The restrictions, issued by \u200cthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a website update dated July \u206014, also \u2060apply to some travelers from Uganda and South Sudan. Other travelers \u200bfrom those countries will continue to undergo airport screening, as they have in recent months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The CDC said exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis for humanitarian or law-enforcement reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reuters \u200bfirst reported the new policy on Tuesday, saying the Trump administration was blocking \u2060Americans \u2060in Congo from boarding \u2060U.S.-bound commercial \u200bflights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Daniel Jernigan, a former senior CDC official who led the agency’s response during \u200bthe 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak \u2060in West Africa, said on Tuesday that using a “do-not-board” policy to prevent U.S. citizens from returning home when they have little risk of Ebola infection is unprecedented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“This change in policy risks shifting medical and public-health responsibility to third countries, it may \u2060encourage travelers to conceal itineraries or exposures, and it will make recruitment of \u2060American outbreak responders more difficult.”<\/p>\n

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The CDC and other federal agencies had already issued an order this spring that prevented non-citizens, including those with extended legal status, from entering the U.S. directly from those three countries and required the same 21-day stay in another country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Americans had been allowed to enter at select airports, where they were screened by officials on travel history, temperature and symptoms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The outbreak in Congo has resulted in more than 1,900 \u2060confirmed Ebola cases and over 700 deaths, according to official data, with all cases linked to the Bundibugyo strain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No cases linked to the outbreak have been confirmed in the United States, and the risk to the American \u200bpublic and travelers remains low, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by \u200bKunal Das in BengaluruEditing by Ros Russell)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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