PHOTO: JFK International Airport, seen here in a Feb. 2013 photo. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
As we reported earlier, the CDC response to the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has been to provide extra screening at five U.S. Airports: JFK International in New York, Newark Liberty, Washington Dulles, Chicago O'Hare and Atlanta Hartsfield. Between those five, CDC screeners claim they can screen more than 94 percent of inbound visitors from Western Africa.
Today, JFK International became the first of those five to receive that extra screening. According to a report from CNN, the extra screening will be administered by Coast Guard corpsmen and contract medical personnel and will come in the form of a temperature reading and a series of questions.
Speaking to reporters, Dr. Martin Cetron, director of the CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, said, "No matter how many of these procedures are put into place, we can't get the risk to zero. That will not be the case but this additional layer should add a measure of security to the American public. This entry screening procedure, for example, would not necessarily have caught the patient in Dallas." (h/t CNN)
For the latest travel news, updates and deals, subscribe to the daily TravelPulse newsletter.
Topics From This Article to Explore
