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   NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States ratcheted up its   
   safeguards against Ebola on Tuesday, requiring travelers from   
   three countries at the center of an epidemic in West Africa to   
   fly into one of five major airports conducting enhanced   
   screening for the virus.   
      
   The restrictions on passengers whose trips originated in   
   Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea were announced by the U.S.   
   Department of Homeland Security and were set to go into effect   
   on Wednesday. The precautions stop well short of the travel ban   
   sought by some U.S. lawmakers to prevent further Ebola cases in   
   the United States.   
      
   Affected travelers will have their temperatures checked for   
   signs of a fever that may indicate Ebola infection, among other   
   protocols, at New York's John F. Kennedy, New Jersey's Newark,   
   Washington Dulles, Atlanta, and Chicago's O'Hare international   
   airports, officials said.   
      
   "We are working closely with the airlines to implement these   
   restrictions with minimal travel disruption," Homeland Security   
   Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement. "If not already   
   handled by the airlines, the few impacted travelers should   
   contact the airlines for rebooking, as needed."   
      
   Johnson said those airports account for about 94 percent of   
   travelers flying to the United States from the three countries,   
   noting that there are no direct, nonstop commercial flights from   
   Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea to the United States.   
      
   The restrictions apply to all travelers, including U.S. citizens   
   and those who would have arrived by land or sea.   
      
   Washington-based trade group Airlines for America, or A4A, noted   
   that under 150 people per day travel to the United States from   
   those three countries, and about 6 percent of them - some nine   
   people daily - have been arriving at airports other than the   
   five airports with the enhanced Ebola screening.   
      
   The group's member airlines are "cooperating fully" with the   
   U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to reroute that 6   
   percent of travelers to the five designated airports, A4A   
   spokeswoman Jean Medina said.   
      
   The group's members include Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and   
   American Airlines, none of which fly to the affected countries.   
      
   However, they may carry passengers from these countries on a   
   connecting flight.   
      
   The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed more than 4,500   
   people, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The United   
   States has experienced only three infections and one death from   
   Ebola, but public concern has been rising and many lawmakers   
   have pressed President Barack Obama to take tougher action.   
      
   http://www.firstpost.com/world/u-s-to-funnel-travelers-from-   
   ebola-hit-region-through-5-airports-1767871.html   
      
         
      
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