West Africa travelers restricted to 5 US airports
Starting Wednesday, passengers traveling from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea can only gain entry through the international airports in New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago and Newark, New Jersey -- which account for 94% of all incoming travelers from those countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While all U.S. entry points currently screen passengers for potential exposure to the Ebola virus, these five airports have taken additional steps to screen for the disease, such as taking passengers' temperature and other additional protocols.
The ban will apply to any passengers whose flights originated in those three countries since there are no direct flights from there to the U.S. However, the US citizens are not happy about it, complaining about the government taking long time to do this and want all flights from Africa to be banned. See some of their reactions after the cut...
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