The United States government has extended its temporary Ebola-related travel restrictions to include lawful permanent residents who recently visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan, as health authorities intensify efforts to prevent the deadly virus from entering the country. The new measure, announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), affects green card holders who have been present in any of the three African countries within the last 21 days.

The United States has warned American citizens to reconsider travel plans to western Uganda following the worsening Ebola outbreak along the border with the Democratic Republic of…

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.