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| US imposes minimal travel restrictions on visitors from the Ebola Hot Zone |
| 2014-10-21 |
| The Obama administration will require all travelers from countries affected by the Ebola epidemic to arrive at one of five major U.S. airports in order to undergo a health screening, officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) measure responds to lawmakers' calls for the government to take additional steps to ensure no one carries Ebola into the United States. The administration previously instituted special Ebola screenings at five airports: Washington Dulles International Airport, O'Hare International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Now, people arriving from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be required to travel through one of those ports of entry to ensure they undergo an interview and a temperature check. The policy will take effect on Wednesday. “We are working closely with the airlines to implement these restrictions with minimal travel disruption,” DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday. ...The White House said that airlines will cover the cost of rebooking passengers scheduled to arrive at U.S. airports off the designated list. A spokesman estimated the group would be smaller than 10 people per day. Roughly 1,000 people travel to the United States every week from West Africa. I only care about people arriving from the Hot Zone, not from places like Nigeria, which is also in West Africa. As part of the [current] screening process, passengers are interviewed about their travel history and possible exposure to Ebola. They also undergo a temperature check, as fever is one of Ebola's earliest symptoms. There are no rapid diagnostic tests for the disease. The screenings are designed to alert officials to passengers who may be at high risk of carrying the virus, even if they do not catch every Ebola case. Interviewees provide identification and contact information in the United States, allowing public health officials to follow up if needed. ... "The administration must do more to protect Americans," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) in a statement. “President Obama has a real solution at his disposal under current law and can use it at any time to temporarily ban foreign nationals from entering the United States from Ebola-ravaged countries. The vast majority of Americans strongly support such a travel moratorium and I urge the president to take every step possible to protect the American people from danger.” Protecting the American people is not on the Obamagenda |
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