DR Congo Still Set for World Cup Despite Ebola Outbreak

[RandySF]

An outbreak of a rare type of Ebola is set to prevent fans from the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to their country’s first World Cup since 1974.

On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new order that bans visitors who have spent time recently in three African nations that is “intended to reduce the risk of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus.” One of those countries is the Democratic Republic of Congo, is set to play in the World Cup this summer, which is jointly hosted by the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

A senior State Department official told CNN that they “expect that the team will be able to attend and participate,” but they “don’t anticipate exemptions for the fans.”

The World Health Organization on Wednesday said it suspects 139 people have died from the rare form of the virus and the number of cases has risen to 600, but that there is little risk the outbreak would rise to the level of a pandemic.




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[muriel_volestrangler]

1. White House now fucking with DRC's tournament preparation

Andrew Giuliani: Congo team must isolate or risk World Cup

Congo's team must isolate for 21 days or risk the ability to enter the U.S. for the World Cup as the country deals with an outbreak of Ebola, said Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup, to ESPN on Friday.
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All of the Congo players and the team's French coach, Sébastien Desabre, are based outside of the central African country, with most of them playing in France. Some team staff based in Congo left the country this week.

"If there are other people that are going to be coming in, they need to have a separate bubble from that team. If they end up coming, and any of those people end up symptomatic, they are risking the entire team being able to come and compete in this World Cup," Giuliani said.
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Congo are scheduled to play World Cup warmup games against Denmark in Liege, Belgium, on June 3 and Chile in southern Spain on June 9.

The players and coach are no more an Ebola risk than any European. The team staff (almost certainly no risk, unless they've been in the areas affected - DRC is a big country, with the capital about 1000 km from the areas with Ebola) who have come from the country could, theoretically, need to self-isolate. Giuliani, Trump's lackey, is fucking with an African team. What a surprise.