U.S. Imposes Ban On Foreign Travelers From Ebola-Impacted Nations

The CDC said it was invoking Title 42. The law allows the CDC director to block non-citizens from entering the U.S. for public health purposes for up to 30 days.

The CDC is imposing a ban on foreign passport holders from entering the U.S. if they have been in Uganda, Congo or South Sudan in the previous 21 days.

The order comes amid a growing Ebola outbreak in the region. It also comes after an American physician working in the outbreak zone tested positive for the virus.

The CDC said it was invoking Title 42, a law that allows the CDC director to block non-citizens from entering the U.S. for public health purposes for up to 30 days.

The travel restriction follows the World Health Organization’s declaration that the large ongoing outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern after over 330 suspected cases and 88 deaths.

This Bundibugyo strain of the virus has no vaccine and a death rate between 25 to 50%.

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