Ebola travel alert: The US has implemented enhanced Ebola screening and travel restrictions for arrivals from East and Central Africa due to a rapidly spreading outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Travelers from affected countries must enter through designated airports, facing mandatory entry restrictions and enhanced screening procedures.

Americans traveling back to the U.S. who have been to nations affected by an Ebola outbreak will be required to enter the country through Washington, D.C.

US health authorities have implemented new Ebola screening measures after a traveler from Central Africa was removed from a flight in Canada.

According to officials here are nearly 600 suspected Ebola cases and 139 suspected deaths tied to the outbreak.