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Woman Says She Returned From Uganda as Ebola Measures Were Announced, But Faced No Checks at US Airport

Tourist Denied US Entry After Phone Search — What Travellers Need to Know (Credit: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons)

A US traveller who flew back from Uganda to Washington DC on 24 May has said she was not subjected to any Ebola-related screening at Dulles International Airport, despite newly announced restrictions and health checks linked to outbreaks in Central Africa.

The Ebola airport screening claims were made by journalist Laura Kelly. In a report from The Hill, she described passing through border control without temperature checks, questioning, or secondary inspection after traveling through Uganda during the policy rollout.

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