WASHINGTON—The United States will begin screening travelers coming from Uganda for Ebola as an additional precaution aimed at trying to prevent an outbreak in the African country from spreading, the Biden administration said Thursday.
There have been no Ebola cases from the outbreak reported outside Uganda, and the risk in the United States is considered low. U.S. officials described the screening move as an additional precaution.
The screenings will begin rolling out immediately. Travelers who have been in Uganda at any point during the past 21 days, which is the incubation period for the virus, will be redirected to one of five U.S. airports for Ebola screening: Kennedy International Airport in New York, Washington Dulles International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport….