"US putting efforts for Americans to protect them," says US Secy of State
Washington DC, May 28
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the US is doing all it can to protect US citizens infected by the Ebola virus.
While speaking at the Cabinet Meeting onWednesday, Rubio said, "We've got good efforts in place, and Americans should feel assured that the President and his administration are doing everything we can do to protect them."
The US Department of State Consular Affairs said that the travel advisory remains Level 4 and continues to advise US citizens not to travel to the DRC.
In a post on X, it said, "Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): The Department of State updated the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Travel Advisory, which remains Level 4 and continues to advise U.S. citizens Do Not Travel to the DRC due to the Ebola outbreak. On May 22, the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an updated Level 3 (Reconsider Nonessential Travel) Travel Health Notice for Ebola for the DRC. Review the CDC information on what travellers need to know about returning to the United States from DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan."
For Rwanda, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an updated Level 3 (Reconsider Nonessential Travel) Travel Health Notice.
Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that Eastern DRC now faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response.
"The Ebola Bundibugyo virus has no approved vaccine nor treatment. Stopping this Ebola transmission depends entirely on humanitarian access. Yet ongoing clashes are driving mass displacement, pushing exposed contacts into overcrowded camps and severing critical containment corridors. Frontline workers are risking everything, while attacks on health facilities make tracking cases and their contacts nearly impossible," he said in a post on X.
— ANI
Reader Comments
I understand America protecting its people, but shouldn't developed nations also contribute more to fighting Ebola where it started? India has always supported global health missions. We need stronger WHO-led coordination, not just travel advisories. Vaise bhi, viruses don't respect borders.
Kudos to CDC for updating advisories promptly. But honestly, the whole world should be alarmed about Ebola Bundibugyo having no approved vaccine. India's own health infrastructure should take notes and develop better infectious disease protocols. Prevention is better than cure, yaar.
Level 4 travel advisory for DRC - that's serious. But Rubio's statement sounds like typical political reassurance. The real effort should be about humanitarian access and stopping attacks on health facilities. Why is nobody talking about the conflict driving the outbreak? 😠
What I find interesting is that both DRC and Rwanda are mentioned, but the real hotspot is Ituri province. WHO's Tedros is rightly warning about catastrophic collision of disease and conflict. The international community needs to step up - India can contribute vaccines or medical teams.
As an American living in India, I appreciate the caution, but it's heartbreaking to see the response is so US-centric. The outbreak in DRC needs global solidarity. The WHO director's statement about frontline workers risking everything should be the headline, not Rubio's speech.
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