Next week, the U.S. government will begin directing passengers from Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo to six U.S. airports, the CDC said. The airlines will collect information of all passengers aboard the US flight who were in any country within the previous 21 days, and share the data with the CDC and the local health department for monitoring purposes.
U.S. And the move comes as other nations are gleaming with the Covid-1p epidemic, raising concerns that the variable could send sales rates once again. It killed thousands of people as a result of the previous two Ebola outbreaks in Africa, which began in 2014 and 2018.
The CDC noted that this year’s outbreak is in remote areas and that U.S. The risk for is very low. The agency said travel restrictions were being enforced with extreme caution.
As of Thursday, the World Health Organization said nine Ebola cases and five deaths had been reported in Guinea, and eight cases and four deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Red Cross said in a statement that as part of the first wave of response, a network of more than 700 trained volunteers has been activated and the government has asked people to respect hygiene and prevention measures and report signs of disease to health. Officers. “The World Health Organization has helped curb the recent epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo and help get the dose for Guinea.
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