JFK Airport will screen passengers from Ebola-stricken countries

John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City will begin Ebola screenings for passengers flying in from countries impacted in the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City will begin Ebola screenings for passengers flying in from countries impacted in the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

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“Public health entry screening serves as one component of CDC’s layered public health approach, which also includes overseas exit screening, airline illness reporting, and post-arrival public health monitoring,” the CDC said in a post on X.

Screenings for travelers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Uganda were already being conducted at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.