MEDICAL UPDATE: Ebola Virus Disease. As of July 31, 2014, U.S. CDC recommends avoiding all non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone due to the ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. Inbound travelers from these countries to the U.S. are not being systematically screened by CDC, though as always, any obviously ill traveler may be detained for investigation and quarantined if necessary. Liberia has closed all but 2 major airports and 3 major land crossings with Sierra Leone and Guinea in order to perform strict health checks at those locations. Both Liberia and Sierra Leone have invoked the force of martial law to quarantine affected dwellings, restrict human movement to and from the most impacted communities, and restrict public and mass gatherings. Civil unrest is occurring in some areas and foreigners may be targeted. Air passengers to and from affected areas can expect enhanced health monitoring, which may include temperature checks by airlines and airport officials. Emirates airline has suspended flights to Conakry, Guinea. Arik Air and Asky airlines have suspended flights to Monrovia, Liberia and Freetown, Sierra Leone following the arrival in Nigeria of 1 probable EVD case by air; no secondary cases or local transmission in Nigeria has been reported.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:23:22 +0000
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