- Passengers bound for the US must sign a statement confirming they were not in the DRC during the 21 days before travel.
- CDC says the new measure reduces the risk of Ebola being introduced into the United States through air travel.
- Africa's outbreak has killed more than 5,300 people, most of them in the DRC, the epicenter of the epidemic.
- New CDC rules take effect Tuesday and apply to anyone boarding international flights to the United States.
US-bound air passengers must sign a statement that they have not travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak, under new rules coming into force on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Africa’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,300 people, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the continent’s top health agency.
Anyone boarding an international flight to the United States must sign a statement that they have not been present in the DRC in the 21 days before their travel, according to the CDC.
The CDC said the rules are required as “a public health measure intended to reduce the risk of Ebola being introduced into the United States through air travel.”
