Travelers from Mali no longer need to go through enhanced Ebola screenings

WASHINGTON POST    by Marc Berman                                                  Jan. 5, 2015

People flying to the United States from Mali will no longer need to go through enhanced Ebola screening at U.S. airports, authorities announced Monday.

An interview with a passenger arriving from a country with known instances of Ebola. (Josh Denmark/U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Reuters)

The change, which goes into effect Tuesday, also means that people flying from Mali no longer have to travel through the five U.S. airports that use the screening methods. Travelers from Mali will continue to be screened before leaving that country, and anyone who flew from Mali to the United States before Tuesday is still supposed to monitor themselves for 21 days and report symptoms.

Additional screening is no longer needed for people traveling from Mali because it has been 42 days since the last patient in that country had contact with a person who was not wearing the proper protective gear, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.

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