US makes exception to Ebola
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US makes exception to Ebola travel restrictions for Democratic Republic of the Congo national team ahead of World Cup

The United States is making an exception to Ebola infection-control rules for the Democratic Republic of the Congo national team ahead of the World Cup.

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The Congo-Kinshasa national football team, which is set to play in the World Cup in less than a month, is exempt from the infection-control restrictions US authorities have set for non-US citizens in connection with the Ebola outbreak in several African countries.

"We are working to bring them into the same isolation-testing framework as US citizens and permanent residents," an official with knowledge of the matter said, according to AFP.

Because of the Ebola outbreak, US authorities have barred non-US citizens from traveling to the country if they have been in, among other places, Congo-Kinshasa in the past 21 days.

The exception will not apply to fans.

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