Bush Airport in Houston now 1 of 3 US entry points for Africa travelers amid Ebola outbreak

Houston’s Bush Airport is now one of three airports authorized to screen passengers entering the United States from some African countries as the Ebola outbreak spreads.

Bush Airport is joining Virginia’s Dulles International Airport and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport as the sole entry points for returning passengers who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan within the past three weeks.

“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will apply enhanced public health screening at IAD in response to the Ebola outbreak,” says a notice issued Friday from the U.S. Department of State.

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