Canada to temporarily bar entry for foreigners who have recently been to Congo, against UN advice
The temporary measure exempts Canadian citizens and permanent residents, who must quarantine for 21 days on arrival if they visited Congo.
- On Sunday, the federal government announced it will deny entry to foreign nationals who visited Congo within the past 21 days due to the risk of importing the deadly Ebola disease into Canada.
- Congo has reported more than 2,100 Ebola cases and 828 deaths as of July 15, prompting the government's cautious approach to border health measures.
- The Public Health Agency of Canada mandates that commercial and private air carriers cannot board affected foreign nationals on flights into the country starting Monday, July 20, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
- Canadian citizens and permanent residents remain exempt from the travel ban but must quarantine for 21 days if visiting Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan, with the measure expiring August 29.
- The United States implemented similar measures last week, while the World Health Organization advises against travel restrictions, stating "People from affected regions and African communities have faced unfair suspicion.
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torontotelegraph.comCanada bars foreign travelers over Ebola outbreak
The measure comes despite WHO advice against travel bans targeting DR Congo and warnings that stigma can make outbreaks harder to control Canada will temporarily bar foreign nationals who have recently visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) from entering the country as the death toll from an Ebola outbreak continues to rise....
Canada Defies UN Advice, Bans Visitors From Congo Amid Ebola Outbreak
The ban contravenes advice from the World Health Organization, which advises against travel or trade restrictions with Congo, where officials are currently struggling to contain a large outbreak of Ebola.
As of Monday, Canada has introduced a temporary ban on entry for foreign citizens who have lived or travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo for the past 21 days, on the basis of the spread of the Ebola epidemic. The measure will be in effect until August 29.
US, Congo Ebola Travel Restrictions May Hamper Humanitarian Aid Response
(Bloomberg) — New US and Congolese travel restrictions aimed at keeping Ebola from spreading across borders are drawing warnings from aid organizations and medical experts who say the measures could undermine efforts to control the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the virus.
Canada is temporarily barring foreign travelers who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past 21 days. The government announced this on Sunday. The precautionary measure takes effect on Monday at 6:00 AM in the Netherlands.
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