JFK Airport will screen passengers from Ebola-stricken countries - BERITAJA

John F. Kennedy International Airport successful New York City will statesman Ebola screenings for passengers flying successful from countries impacted successful the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

“Public wellness introduction screening serves arsenic 1 constituent of CDC’s layered nationalist wellness approach, which besides includes overseas exit screening, hose unwellness reporting, and post-arrival nationalist wellness monitoring,” the CDC said successful a post connected X.

Screenings for travelers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Uganda were already being conducted astatine Dulles International Airport successful Virginia, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport successful Atlanta and George Bush Intercontinental Airport successful Houston.

The Manhattan skyline could beryllium seen down John F. Kennedy Airport successful New York City. Sebastian Gollnow / dpa via AP

Travelers who person been successful 1 of those countries wrong 21 days anterior to arriving successful the United States will beryllium escorted to a designated airdrome screening area, the CDC said. They will past reply nationalist wellness screening questions and whitethorn acquisition further assessments arsenic needed.

The outbreak successful Congo is caused by a rare strain of Ebola called Bundibugyo. It has grown rapidly, pinch 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths successful that country, according to the World Health Organization. There person been 7 confirmed cases successful Uganda. There is nary vaccine aliases treatment for the Bundibugyo strain.

The only American who has tested affirmative truthful acold is simply a surgeon who had been moving astatine a infirmary successful Congo. He was flown to Germany for treatment.

Senior management officials said Thursday that if much Americans statement Ebola and request precocious aesculapian care, they will beryllium sent to Europe. The U.S has already group up a installation successful Kenya for immoderate Americans who were exposed.