The US government has invoked Title 42 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, imposing a 30-day travel ban on foreign passport holders from three African nations after an American doctor tested positive for a rare strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that non-US citizens who have been in the DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan within the past 21 days will be barred from entering the country. US citizens and military personnel are exempt, though they will face enhanced screening at ports of entry.
