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It also follows two previous Ebola outbreaks in Africa that began in 2014 and 2018, leading to the deaths of thousands of people.
Similar travel precautions were applied during the 2014 outbreak. Passengers arriving at designated airports in the United States from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – the countries hardest hit during the outbreak – had their temperature taken and wondered if they had been exposed to someone with Ebola.
The CDC noted that this year’s outbreaks are in remote areas and the risk to the United States is extremely low, while also stating that travel restrictions are being implemented out of caution.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization said there were nine cases of Ebola and five deaths reported in Guinea, and eight cases and four deaths reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak in one of its regions earlier this month, days after the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared its 12th outbreak in history.
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