The restrictions are aimed at preventing Ebola from entering the United States, officials said.
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Medical experts were hurrying on Monday to the forefront of a new Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose late discovery and rapid spread have distressed health experts.
On Sunday, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international alarm because of the high risk the disease could spread beyond DRC’s borders after experts confirmed two cases in Kampala, the capital of neighboring Uganda.
On Monday, the U.S. government announced it will not let people without U.S. passports enter the United States if they have traveled to African countries affected by, or near, a new Ebola outbreak within the last 21 days, according to a story by The Epoch Times.
The countries of concern are Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a public health order.
Signed by acting CDC Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the order postpones the right of people from those countries to enter the United States because of “the serious risk posed by the introduction of Ebola disease into the United States by covered aliens based on the emergent outbreak of Ebola disease” in Congo.
🚨 BREAKING: The Trump admin has CONFIRMED an American has tested POSITIVE for Ebola, but they will NOT be brought back to the US
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 18, 2026
They will be treated in GERMANY
The CDC also confirmed they implemented a TRAVEL BAN on foreigners who've passed through Uganda, Congo, and South… pic.twitter.com/N7XteonAoW
According to the CDC, the public health order will be in effect for 30 days.
According to federal law, the CDC can bar the entry by certain migrants if officials deem that barring their entry will stop the “introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries.”
“At this time, CDC assesses the immediate risk to the general U.S. public as low, but we will continue to evaluate the evolving situation and may adjust public health measures as additional information becomes available,” the public health agency said in a statement.
One American who was in Congo has tested positive for Ebola, and six others were exposed, CDC officials said in a briefing on Monday.
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