The United States is enhancing Ebola prevention measures, including screening air travelers from affected regions and temporarily suspending visa services. This action follows the WHO declaring the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo an international health emergency.

The United States said on Monday it is bolstering precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola, including screening air travellers from outbreak-hit areas and temporarily suspending visa services. The measures shared by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) come as the World Health Organization has declared the deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo an international health emergency. In a briefing, Satish Pillai, the health agency’s Ebola response incident manager,...