The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to \u200bthe U.S. on commercial flights, according to a White House official.<\/p>\n
The \u200corder, which is being taken under a transportation authority known as Title 49, will place U.S. citizens in Congo or those who have recently left on a \u201cdo-not-board\u201d list \u200buntil they have spent at least 21 days in a third \u200bcountry, the person said.<\/p>\n
The new restrictions come amid a\u00a0widening Ebola \u2060outbreak, which has spread to a number of provinces within Congo. The \u200bnumber of confirmed Ebola cases across the country had risen to 1,926, including \u200b702 deaths, official data showed late on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The often fatal viral disease spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids from infected people or animals and causes symptoms that can \u200binclude high fever, vomiting and internal and external bleeding.<\/p>\n
Some two dozen Americans \u200bwere set to board flights to the U.S. on Tuesday after having traveled to Congo, \u200caccording \u2060to the U.S. official, who said the State Department would support them and others affected during the waiting period.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Monday, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed an order citing increased Ebola \u200brisks, including the \u200bspread of the \u2060virus to just hours outside of Congo\u2019s capital, Kinshasa.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday \u200bthat a U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization \u200bin Congo \u2060had tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus; one American infected in Congo was\u00a0admitted\u00a0to Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany early on Monday, officials said. Another \u2060American, identified \u200bby the Serge Christian mission organization as \u200bDr. Peter Stafford, had contracted Ebola and had been brought to Germany for treatment, the CDC \u200bsaid in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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