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Federal health authorities announced Saturday they are expanding enhanced Ebola screening procedures to include Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for U.S. citizens returning from three African countries affected by the viral outbreak.<\/p>

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans traveling back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan now have two airports where they can enter the United States under the enhanced screening protocols.<\/p>

According to the CDC, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has experience conducting passenger screenings and already has the necessary operational systems ready to implement. Earlier this week, officials had designated Washington’s Dulles International Airport as the initial screening location for returning citizens who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus.<\/p>

The enhanced health screening at entry points represents just one part of the CDC’s comprehensive strategy to prevent Ebola transmission, which also involves screening passengers before they leave affected countries overseas, requiring airlines to report illnesses during flights, and monitoring people’s health after they arrive in the United States.<\/p>

According to the World Health Organization’s latest figures, health officials have verified 82 Ebola cases in the DRC so far, resulting in seven confirmed fatalities and 177 suspected deaths. Nearly 750 additional suspected cases are connected to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.<\/p>

The Trump administration implemented additional restrictions earlier this week, prohibiting non-U.S. citizens who have recently visited the DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan from entering the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal health officials have added Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a second screening location for Americans returning from three African nations experiencing an Ebola outbreak. The CDC previously designated only Washington’s Dulles Airport for enhanced screening of travelers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[837],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779553297933.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-iuq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70091,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/us-routes-americans-from-congo-through-dulles-amid-rising-ebola-outbreak\/","url_meta":{"origin":71078,"position":0},"title":"US Routes Americans From Congo Through Dulles Amid Rising Ebola Outbreak","author":"Admin","date":"May 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The State Department now requires Americans returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan to enter the US only through Washington Dulles Airport for enhanced health screening. 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