JFK Airport to Start Screening for Ebola

New York's busiest international gateway is temporarily adding an Ebola checkpoint. JFK airport will start screening travelers who recently spent time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, or Uganda, where a fast-growing outbreak of a rare Ebola strain, Bundibugyo, is centered, reports NBC News. Similar screenings are already happening at Dulles in Virginia, as well as in Atlanta and Houston.

Anyone who has been in one of those countries within the previous 21 days will be taken to a dedicated area, asked health questions, and possibly given further medical checks. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment, notes the AP in an explainer. The World Health Organization counts more than 900 suspected cases and 200 suspected deaths in Africa. The only American patient identified so far—a surgeon who worked at a Congolese hospital—has been transported to Germany for care. On Friday, a judge in Kenya blocked US plans to set up a makeshift quarantine center there for Americans.