Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport has started screening arriving passengers for Ebola as fears of a global outbreak surge.
On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced that it would separate travelers who had visited certain African countries connected with the Ebola outbreak for testing to ensure they don’t bring the disease into the country and spread it.
Passengers will be required to go through health screenings at three airports, including IAH, in Houston. Those who traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan or Uganda within the past three weeks will be subject to those screenings.
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An Ebola outbreak in the aforementioned African countries has led to more than 200 deaths on the continent, with more than 900 suspected cases, according to the World Health Organization…