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US airports ramp up Ebola screenings amid Africa outbreak
Health officials astatine U.S. airports are implementing enhanced Ebola screenings for travelers arriving from Congo, Uganda and South Sudan. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is moving pinch airlines to place imaginable exposures pursuing complete 130 deaths and astir 600 suspected cases successful Africa. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has criticized nan consequence efforts of nan CDC and World Health Organization (WHO).
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Congo is dealing pinch an outbreak of Ebola, and executive head of nan White House Task Force for nan World Cup Andrew Giuliani said nan Congolese nationalist shot squad must isolate if they want to participate nan United States for nan world tournament.
The U.S. has told FIFA, nan Congolese authorities and nationalist shot team, that they must isolate for 21 days successful bid to participate nan state for nan World Cup. The squad is presently training successful Belgium and is scheduled to play 2 warmup games there.
"We've been very clear to Congo that they should support nan integrity of their bubble for 21 days earlier they tin past travel to Houston connected June 11," Giuliani told ESPN. "We've made it very clear to nan Congo authorities arsenic good that they request to support that bubble aliases they consequence not being capable to recreation to nan United States. We cannot beryllium immoderate clearer."
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Meschack Elia of Congo reacts during nan FIFA World Cup 2026 Play-Off last lucifer betwixt Congo DR and Jamaica astatine Estadio Guadalajara successful Zapopan, Mexico, connected March 31, 2026. (Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images)
"We want to make judge that location is thing that's going to travel successful aliases adjacent our borders present connected this," he said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been monitoring 2 American doctors who were successful quarantine successful Europe aft being exposed to Ebola, Giuliani said. He said they person discussed sending unit to Belgium to cheque connected nan Congo team.
In Congo past week, they had a confirmed outbreak of Bundibugyo, a uncommon type of Ebola. It is thought to person killed much than 130 people, pinch astir 600 suspected cases.
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Lens' DR Congo defender Arthur Masuaku and Malian midfielder Amadou Haidara be a training convention astatine Stade de France stadium successful Saint-Denis connected May 21, 2026, up of nan French Cup last against Nice connected May 22, 2026. (Franck Fife/AFP)
"If location are different group that are going to beryllium coming in, they request to person a abstracted bubble from that team. If they extremity up coming, and immoderate of those group extremity up symptomatic, they are risking nan full squad being capable to travel and compete successful this World Cup," Giuliani said.
The CDC announced this week that each overseas nationals who had been successful Congo, Uganda and South Sudan wrong nan past 3 weeks would beryllium banned from introduction into nan United States for 30 days.
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Renaldo Cephas of Jamaica and Brian Cipenga of Congo compete for nan shot during nan FIFA World Cup 2026 play-off last astatine Estadio Guadalajara successful Zapopan, Mexico, connected March 31, 2026. (Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images)
The Congo canceled a planned farewell by nan squad to fans and a three-day World Cup mentation training campy connected Wednesday.
Congo is successful Group K and is scheduled to play Portugal successful their opening crippled successful Houston connected June 17. Their adjacent 2 games are against Colombia successful Guadalajara, Mexico, connected June 23, and Uzbekistan successful Atlanta connected June 27.
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