DR Congo players told to isolate before World Cup

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's World Cup squad faces a mandatory 21-day isolation period before entering the United States due to the Ebola outbreak. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has banned entry for non-Americans who have recently been in DR Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan. While DR Congo's players are based abroad and will not be directly impacted by this ban, any individuals entering the US from these regions must maintain a separate "bubble" to avoid risking the entire team's participation. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently elevated the public health risk from the DR Congo Ebola outbreak to "very high" in the immediate region, though the global risk remains "low." The DR Congo team is scheduled to play pre-World Cup friendlies in Belgium and Spain before their tournament opener against Portugal on June 17th.

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DR Congo play Portugal in their opening game of the World Cup on 17 June.

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DR Congo are due to play friendlies against Denmark on 3 June and Chile on 9 June.

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DR Congo players are based outside the country and will not be affected by restrictions due to cancelled training camp.

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Public health risk from Ebola outbreak in DR Congo raised from 'high' to 'very high' by WHO.

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CDC banned entry from non-Americans who have been in DR Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US has banned entry from non-Americans who have been in the DR Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days.All DR Congo's players are based outside the country and will not be affected by the restrictions now the training camp has been cancelled."If there are other people that are going to be coming in, they need to have a separate bubble from that team," Giuliani said."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."On Friday the public health risk from the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo was raised from "high" to "very high" by the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk in the wider region in Africa was "high" but that it remained "low" globally.Dr Congo are due to play friendlies against Denmark on 3 June in Belgium and Chile on 9 June in Spain.The World Cup runs from 11 June to 19 July, and DR Congo play Portugal in their opening game on 17 June.

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