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World Cup hosts reveal strict protocol to manage Ebola after DR Congo outbreak

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  • The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 17 May.
  • The United States, Mexico, and Canada have announced coordinated public health travel measures to protect citizens and visitors ahead of the upcoming World Cup.
  • Washington has banned non-citizens and extended the ban to green card holders who have recently travelled to the DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan.
  • Canada has implemented a 90-day ban on residents from the DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan, and requires citizens and permanent residents from affected areas to quarantine for 21 days.
  • Mexico’s Health Secretary outlined tighter Ebola screening at airports and urged arrivals from the DRC to observe a 21-day quarantine.
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