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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 41 / Thursday, March 4, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection 19 CFR Chapter I
Arrival Restrictions Applicable to Flights Carrying Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were Otherwise Present Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Republic of Guinea U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Announcement of arrival restrictions.
AGENCY:

This document announces the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security to direct all flights to the United States carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise present within, the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Republic of Guinea to arrive at one of the U.S. airports where the U.S.
government is focusing public health resources to implement enhanced public health measures. For purposes of this document, a person has recently traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Republic of Guinea if that person has departed from, or was otherwise present within, the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Republic of Guinea within 21 days of the date of the persons entry or attempted entry into the United States.
Also, for purposes of this document, crew and flights carrying only cargo i.e., no passengers or non-crew, are excluded from the measures herein.
DATES: The arrival restrictions apply to flights departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on March 4, 2021.
Arrival restrictions continue until cancelled or modified by the Secretary of Homeland Security and notice of such cancellation or modification is published in the Federal Register.
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Alyce Modesto, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection at 2022868995.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Ebola Virus Disease EVD, caused by the virus family Filoviridae, is a severe and often fatal disease that can affect humans and non-human primates.
Disease transmission occurs via direct contact with bodily fluids e.g., blood, mucus, vomit, urine. The first known EVD outbreak occurred in 1976. From 20132016, the largest EVD outbreak occurred in West Africa, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, with cases exported to seven additional countries across three continents. The epidemic demonstrated the potential for EVD to become an international crisis in the absence of early intervention. Further, EVD can have substantial medical, public health, and economic consequences if it spreads to densely populated areas. As such, EVD may present a threat to U.S.
health security given the unpredictable nature of outbreaks and the interconnectedness of countries through global travel.
On February 7, 2021, the World Health Organization WHO reported the resurgence of EVD, following the laboratory confirmation of one case in North Kivu Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC. As of February 23, 2021, eight confirmed EVD
cases, including four deaths, have been reported. Although the source of infection is still under investigation, it is believed this outbreak is linked to the 20182020 EVD outbreak in the eastern DRC, the second largest EVD outbreak on record, which was officially declared over on June 25, 2020 by the WHO and the Ministry of Health in the DRC.
On February 14, 2021, the WHO
reported a new outbreak of EVD in the southern prefecture of Nzerekore, Guinea. The prefecture is located near the borders of Liberia and the Ivory Coast. As of February 23, 2021, Guinean officials have reported nine confirmed cases and at least five deaths. The WHO
expects additional cases to be confirmed in the coming days and have warned six neighboring countries Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone to be on alert for potential infections.

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In order to assist in preventing or limiting the introduction and spread of this communicable disease into the United States, the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, and other agencies charged with protecting the homeland and the American public, are currently implementing enhanced public health measures at six U.S. airports that receive the largest number of travelers from the DRC and the Republic of Guinea. To ensure that all travelers with recent presence in the affected countries arrive at one of these airports, DHS is directing all flights to the United States carrying such persons to arrive at the airports where the enhanced public health measures are being implemented. While DHS, in coordination with other applicable federal agencies, anticipates working with the air carriers in an endeavor to identify potential travelers from the affected countries prior to boarding, air carriers will remain obligated to comply with the requirement of this notice, particularly in the event that travelers who have recently traveled from or were otherwise present within, the affected countries are boarded on flights bound for the United States.
Notice of Arrival Restrictions Applicable to All Flights Carrying Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were Otherwise Present Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Republic of Guinea Pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 112a, 19 U.S.C.
1433c, and 19 CFR 122.32, DHS has the authority to limit the location where all flights entering the United States from abroad may land. Under this authority and effective for flights departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on March 4, 2021, I
hereby direct all operators of aircraft to ensure that all flights carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise present within, the DRC
or the Republic of Guinea only land at one of the following airports:
John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK, New York;
Chicago OHare International Airport ORD, Illinois;
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL, Georgia;
Washington-Dulles International Airport IAD, Virginia;

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