US Restricts Entrants from Ebola-Hit Nations to Five Airports
US Restricts Entrants from Ebola-Hit Nations to Five Airports – The US Department of Homeland Security said travelers entering the United States whose trips originated in Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea must fly into one of five airports that have enhanced screening in place.
The restrictions, to take effect on Wednesday, will subject affected travelers to temperature tests among other protocols at New York’s JFK, New Jersey’s Newark, Washington Dulles, Atlanta and Chicago’s O’Hare international airports. The restrictions also include American citizens coming in from the West African countries.
Many US lawmakers wan to impose a travel ban on those coming from the Ebola-affected countries; this measure stops well short of that.
About 94% of passengers from the affected countries come in to these five airports. According to the Homeland Security secretary, they are working closely with the airlines to implement these measures with minimal disruption.
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