The latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has seen the United States make a U-turn on its generally relaxed approach to public health measures.
On Monday, steps were announced to prevent the virus from spreading, including screening air travellers arriving from affected regions and, in some cases, entry restrictions.
The following day, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director-General, said he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic”. So, how worried should Europeans be? What about citizens of countries with regular, direct flight routes to Kinshasa, like Belgium?
“The situation in the DRC is serious and must be tackled decisively there. Brussels does indeed have direct links with Kinshasa, which justifies vigilance,” one of Belgium’s top virologists, Steven Van Gucht, told Euronews.
Brussels Airport, located in the heart of Belgium, is the primary European gateway for travel to and from the DRC.
