US adds Atlanta area airport for Ebola screening, CDC says

WASHINGTON - 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.

(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani in Washington; Editing by Sergio Non and Matthew Lewis)

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This story was originally published May 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM.