Homeland Security Issues Ebola Travel Advisory

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is requiring that anyone coming to the US from one of three West African countries reporting an Ebola outbreak must enter the country through one of five airports screening passengers for the deadly disease.

DHS, together with the CDC and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), implemented increase screening measures at five major US airports where over 94% of travelers from the affected region enter the U.S., which started with John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, Oct. 11. The five airports are JFK, Chicago, Dulles, Atlanta and Newark. All passengers will experience enhanced security measures and screening. Specifically, passengers flying into one of these five airports whose travel originated in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea are also subject to secondary screening and added protocols, including having their temperature taken, before they can be admitted into the United States. At present there are no