Khaberni - Three Mexican airlines announced on Friday that they are imposing restrictions on travelers coming from African countries where the Ebola virus is spreading, as part of coordinated preventive measures with the United States and Canada, the participating organizers of the Soccer World Cup, which will start in less than two weeks.
"Aeromexico", the country's main airline, announced that "entry to Mexico by air is prohibited for travelers who have been in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or South Sudan in the past 21 days".
Following suit were the low-cost airlines "Viva Aerobus" and "Volaris", which operate many international routes.
These restrictions will be in place for 60 days.
On Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the health authorities began implementing "epidemiological surveillance protocols".
The Democratic Republic of Congo, which is experiencing a spread of this deadly virus, has qualified for the World Cup, and is scheduled to play its first-round matches in the United States and Mexico.
Last week, the White House confirmed that the Congolese team will have to isolate itself in a "bubble" for 21 days to avoid contracting Ebola virus, if they wish to enter the United States to participate in the World Cup finals in less than a month.
The Democratic Republic of Congo, whose training camp will be in Houston, Texas, is in Group 11 and will face Portugal on June 17 in Houston, then Colombia on June 23 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and finally Uzbekistan four days later in Atlanta.
The World Health Organization issued an international health alert in response to the seventeenth outbreak of the Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there were 246 deaths recorded out of more than a thousand suspected cases, according to a tally issued on Thursday by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, affiliated with the African Union.
The World Health Organization announced on Friday the first case of recovery for a patient confirmed to be infected with the virus responsible for the Ebola epidemic in the country.
According to the latest statistics as of May 24, the World Health Organization recorded 10 confirmed deaths and 223 deaths suspected to be linked to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the outbreak of the virus was declared in mid-May, out of more than a thousand confirmed and suspected cases.
