US adds Atlanta area airport for Ebola screening, CDC says

Americans coming back from ​the Democratic Republic ​of the Congo, Uganda ‌or ​South Sudan now have a second entry point for returning to the ‌United States, with the CDC on Saturday expanding its enhanced Ebola screening to include Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. * Hartsfield-Jackson has previously been ‌used to screen passengers and has established operational procedures ‌in place, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

* Washington's Dulles International Airport was designated this week to screen returning citizens ⁠for ​the Ebola ⁠virus. * Enhanced public health entry screening is one component of CDC's Ebola ⁠approach, which also includes overseas exit screening, airline illness reporting, and ​post-arrival public health monitoring.

* The World Health Organization says ⁠82 cases have been confirmed so far in the DRC, with seven ⁠confirmed ​deaths, 177 suspected deaths and almost 750 suspected cases linked to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. * Earlier ⁠this week, the Trump administration banned non-citizens who had traveled to ⁠the DRC, ⁠Uganda or South Sudan in recent weeks from entering the United States.

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