Ebola and Travel

CDC - Traveler's Health - Ebola

Ebola Guidance for Airlines

Travel Notices

• Warning - Avoid nonessential travel: Ebola in Liberia
• Warning - Avoid nonessential travel: Ebola in Guinea
• Warning - Avoid nonessential travel: Ebola in Sierra Leone
• Alert - Practice enhanced precautions: Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Additional Information Related to Travel

• New! CDC and Frontier Airlines Announce Passenger Notification Underway
• New! Enhanced Ebola Screening to Start at Five U.S. Airports and New Tracking Program for all People Entering U.S. from Ebola-affected Countries
  • Joint Airport Screening Fact Sheet (English)
  • Joint Airport Screening Fact Sheet (Spanish)
  • Joint Airport Screening Fact Sheet (French)

Infographics for Travelers

• Infographic: Going to West Africa?
  • For travelers departing from US airports (use as posters or on electronic monitors)
• Infographic: Recently in West Africa?
  • For travelers coming into US airports (use as posters or on electronic monitors)

Airlines, Airports, and Ports of Entry

• Ebola Outbreak: Airport, Border, & Port of Entry Resources for Use by International Partners
  • Materials, including posters, cards, and handouts, to communicate with travelers entering and exiting at airports and other ports of entry and assist workers involved in screening passengers
• Ebola Guidance for Airlines
  • Information for airlines regarding stopping ill travelers from boarding, managing and reporting onboard sick travelers, protecting crew and passengers from infection, and cleaning the plane and disinfecting contaminated areas

Humanitarian Aid

• Ebola Outbreak: Advice for Humanitarian Aid Organizations
• Advice for Humanitarian Aid Workers Traveling to Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, or Sierra Leone during the Ebola Outbreak

Colleges and Universities

• Advice for Colleges, Universities, and Students about Ebola in West Africa

General Information about Ebola

 

• CDC Ebola home page
• 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
• Information for Healthcare Workers
• Fact Sheet about Bushmeat and Ebola
• Communication Resources

Travel Industry Information Center

Ebola Outbreak: Airport, Border, & Port of Entry Resources for Use by International Partners

Air Travel Industry

Airline Guidance (on the CDC Quarantine website)

• Reporting Death/Illness
• Managing Ill Passengers/Crew
  • New! Interim Guidance about Ebola Virus Infection for Airline Flight Crews, Cleaning Personnel, and Cargo Personnel
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Interim Guidance for Airline Crew: Report Ill Travelers on Flights Arriving to the United States
  • Interim Guidance for Airline Crew: Report Ill Travelers on Flights Arriving to the United States from China
  • CDC Guidance for Commercial Aircraft Operators: Measles

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CDC Yellow Book Resources

• Advice for Air Crews: Special pre-travel guidance for air crews and clinicians giving them pre-travel care
• Air Travel: Information and considerations when traveling internationally by air

Associations and Organizations

• The International Air Transport Association (IATA): Guidelines for airlines about health and safety and communicable diseases
• International Civil Aviation Organization: Communicable disease/avian influenza guidelines

Cruise Ship Industry

Cruise Ship Guidance (on the CDC Quarantine website)

• Reporting Death/Illness
• Managing Ill Passengers/Crew
  • Guidance for Cruise Ships on Varicella (Chickenpox) Management
  • Guidance for Cruise Ships on Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Management

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Other CDC Resources

• Cruise Ship Travel (from CDC Yellow Book): Information and considerations when traveling internationally by cruise ship
• Vessel Sanitation Program
• Green Sheet Report: List of sanitation inspection scores for specific cruise ships
• Staying Healthy on a Cruise: Advice for cruise ship passengers

Associations and Organizations

• Cruise Lines International Association: Organization for cruise lines, industry suppliers, and travel agents with information about cruise line regulations