Washington. The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the US on commercial flights, according to a White House official.
The order, which is being taken under a transportation authority known as Title 49, will place US citizens in Congo or those who have recently left on a “do-not-board” list until they have spent at least 21 days in a third country, the person said.
The new restrictions come amid a widening Ebola outbreak, which has spread to a number of provinces within Congo. The number of confirmed Ebola cases across the country had risen to 1,926, including 702 deaths, official data showed late on Sunday.
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