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US to screen travellers from Uganda for Ebola as ‘precaution’

Members of Doctors Without Borders set up an Ebola treatment isolation unit at the Mubende regional referral hospital in Uganda on September 24 [Bardu Katumba/AFP]

President Joe Biden’s administration has announced it will test US-bound travellers from Uganda for Ebola, funnelling passengers through five airports that will conduct the screenings.

The administration made the announcement on Thursday, and screenings are expected to begin immediately. Travellers who have been in Uganda at any point during the past three weeks will be redirected to airports carrying out testing.

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