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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Edward Helmore

US temporarily bans green-card holders from entering country from African nations

Woman in green views wooden coffins on truck platform, next to man in full, yellow-and-white protective personal gear.
A woman mourns an Ebola victim as the coffin is taken away for burial, at Sofepadi hospital in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 23 May. Photograph: Moses Sawasawa/AP

US authorities have temporarily banned green-card holders from entering the country if they have traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda or South Sudan in the last 21 days.

The order issued on Friday is part of an expanding attempt to prevent Ebola from entering US borders. A previously announced travel restriction blocked only people without US passports who had visited those countries from entering but exempted US citizens and lawful permanent residents.

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