Overview
- Federal agencies expanded mandatory entry screening at Washington Dulles, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta and added George Bush Intercontinental in Houston to the list, with IAH's measures set to begin the night of May 26.
- The rules require any passenger who was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan within 21 days to arrive through one of the three airports for enhanced public-health screening by CDC and CBP.
- Airlines have been asked to identify and notify authorities about travelers from the affected countries, and CBP says the restriction does not apply to crew or cargo-only flights.
- Officials have not publicly detailed how symptomatic arrivals will be handled or how long the enhanced screenings will remain in place, and CBP declined to explain why Houston was selected.
- The screenings follow the WHO designation of the Bundibugyo outbreak as a global emergency and respond to limited local countermeasures, strained health systems, cross-border spread and disruptions that complicate contact tracing and travel plans.