Dec. 10, 2024
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have ended the redirection of U.S.-bound air passengers from Rwanda to three U.S. airports and the public health entry screening of travelers to the U.S. who have been in Rwanda in the past 21 days.
Passengers are now able to arrive in the United States without being redirected to one of the three designated airports where public health entry screening was previously conducted.
This decision follows the Nov. 22 downgrade of the Rwanda travel advisory from Level 3 to Level 2, and the discharge of the last known patient with the Marburg Virus Disease in Rwanda, who tested negative Nov. 8.
The CDC had issued the Level 3 notice for Rwanda on Oct. 7.
The World Health Organization announced that Rwanda had started the 42-day countdown to declare the end of the outbreak. Marburg is a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever that can cause serious illness and death. It spreads through contact with infected animals or people and there is no treatment or vaccine.
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