US Sending Flights From Ebola-Hit Areas to Dulles for Tests

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• (Bloomberg) -- The US Department of State directed all flights with American passengers who have recently visited countries affected by the Ebola outbreak to Washington Dulles International Airport for enhanced screening, according to a notice posted Thursday.
• All American citizens or lawful residents who’ve visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the past three weeks will be tested at Dulles, along with all other passengers on US-bound aircraft.
• The State Department warned that travelers should expect flight changes and cancellations.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to reporters before departing for a trip to Sweden and India, said while the US doesn’t want anyone dying or being harmed by Ebola, “our No. 1 thing has to be we can’t have it affect the United States.
• We can’t have Ebola cases coming in.” The notice comes after federal officials issued travel notices during the ongoing deadly...