Enhanced Ebola Screening to Start at Five U.S. Airports and New Tracking Program for all People Entering U.S. from Ebola-affected Countries

by Gary Kopycinski on October 8, 2014

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New layers of screening at airports that receive more than 94% of West African Travelers

Graphic: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Department of Homeland Security

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Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs & Border Protection (CBP) this week will begin new layers of entry screening at five U.S. airports that receive over 94 percent of travelers from the Ebola-affected nations of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.