Starting this week, the group is sending air passengers from 2 African countries to a few U.S. airports.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced earlier this week that it was going to send air passengers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Guinea to 6 airports the US as a result of the Ebola uprising.
Although there have been very few cases in remote areas in these countries, out of sufficient warning, the CDC took action to ensure that it limited risk to the US.
“Air travel has the potential to carry humans, some of whom may be susceptible to infectious disease, anywhere in the world in less than 24 hours,” the CDC statement read.
The CDC did not mention the airports they used. In addition, the airlines send passenger information to CDC for all those who have flown to the US from the 2 countries within the last 3 weeks.
In the last few weeks, a handful of deaths from the disease have been reported. Just months away from the worst behavior in the country, the DRC is suffering this latest uprising.
Last Saturday, In the DRC, there have been 8 cases, 4 deaths, 788 notifications with 88% investigated, and 773 people vaccinated. In Guinea there were 15 cases, 6 deaths, 353 notifications with 99% examined and 771 vaccinated. These numbers come for the World Health Organization.