DRC team, but not fans, expected to be able to come to US for World Cup
The World Cup team from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expected to be able to come to the United States for the competition, but fans from the country will likely be blocked from coming to the United States under an Ebola-related travel ban, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
On Monday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invoked Title 42, a public health law that restricts entry to the US due to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and
Uganda. The order applies to non-US passport holders if they have been in DRC, Uganda or South Sudan during the last 21 days.“We expect that the team will be able to attend and participate in the World Cup,” the official told CNN.
“We’re working to get them into the same protocol for testing and isolation that American citizen returnees and legal permanent residents would be subject to,” they said. They did not provide further details on that protocol, saying it was not out yet and being led by the CDC.
The official added that their understanding is that the DRC team is not training in the country and have been in Europe, so they may not even be subject to the restriction.
“At this point, we don’t anticipate exemptions for the fans,” the official said.
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