US President Donald Trump said that he was "concerned" by the outbreak, but that "I think that it's been confined right now to Africa".

Travel to the U.S. from Uganda, Congo or South Sudan is being impacted by an ongoing Ebola outbreak.

In response to an Ebola outbreak, the U.S. has banned entry for foreign travelers who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the past 21 days.