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The diplomat said EU states had not responded.<\/div>\n<div>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u2060last month issued an order barring noncitizens who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in \u200bthe previous 21 days from entering the U.S. Americans were told to go through select airports for screenings.<\/div>\n<div>Secretary of State Marco Rubio \u200bhas said Ebola must not be allowed to enter the U.S., and the administration&#8217;s efforts have focused on keeping anyone potentially exposed to the virus overseas, even though the country has facilities equipped to treat Ebola cases while containing the spread of the virus.<\/div>\n<div>A State Department official said the travel restrictions, \u200bcombined with funding U.S. pledges for the Ebola response, showed Washington had &#8220;stepped up&#8221; to protect Americans from the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola \u200bthat the World Health Organization has declared an emergency of international concern.<\/div>\n<h2>WASHINGTON URGES GLOBAL ACTION<\/h2>\n<div>&#8220;Other countries must do their part to ensure this outbreak \u200cdoes not \u2060spread further. Action is required now. That includes financial contributions and implementing commonsense restrictions on travel from the affected area,&#8221; said the official, who provided comment anonymously.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We are engaging diplomatically with countries around the world to coordinate our approach to protect our citizens, including the millions of visitors, fans, athletes and tourists expected during the FIFA World Cup.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>The official did not respond to questions about the \u200bformal request to European countries, \u200bwhich was first reported by \u2060Axios.<\/div>\n<div>The EU did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/div>\n<div>Rubio and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed the Ebola response in a call on Tuesday, the State Department said.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Department\u2019s \u200bhighest priority and focus remain protecting the health of the American people and preventing this Ebola \u200boutbreak from reaching \u2060our shores,\u201d spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a readout of that call.<\/div>\n<div>The Trump administration, which has faced criticism for the shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International Development and cuts to aid funding ahead of the outbreak, says it has delivered 150 tons of medical supplies and pledged \u2060over $200 million \u200bdirectly to the affected countries, making it the largest financial contributor to the \u200bEbola response.<\/div>\n<div>The Ebola outbreak has complicated some travel ahead of the FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico and begins on Thursday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1518\">At Cuba\u2019s once bustling tourist sites, foreign visitors are increasingly scarce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1516\">US House passes $70 billion bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1514\">Prediction market Kalshi bets on compliance to address insider trading concerns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has called on European nations to follow Washington&#8217;s lead and impose travel restrictions on \u200cpeople who have recently been in Central African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak, in hopes of avoiding the spread of the virus during the soccer World Cup, sources and officials said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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