Rwanda has ordered visitors who have been to the United States or Spain in the past 22 days to report their medical condition to health officials when they arrive in the country, the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda said Tuesday.
A Ministry of Health document says all passengers from the U.S. and Spain will have their temperatures taken upon arrival.
While passengers with fevers will be refused entry, those without fevers will be asked to report their daily health condition.
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Rwanda's health minister, said that travelers from the United States and Spain will be required to fill a comprehensive form when they arrive at border entry points.
"It is definitely extra work for us. We have to ensure that all citizens or any other travelers arriving from the above mentioned countries including the U.S have to be screened in an extra careful manner and follow up on them during their stay," Bingwaho said, reports the Associated Press.
Rwanda, which is currently Ebola-free, is not permitting visitors who have recently traveled to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone or Senegal.
Meanwhile, the Sierra Leone government imposed a curfew in the eastern town of Koidu Tuesday after an argument between youth and police over a suspected case of Ebola worsened into gunfire and rioting, officials said, reports Reuters.
David Koroma, the police unit commander in Koidu, said rioting began when a former youth leader refused to allow health officials to take her 90-year old grandmother to conduct an Ebola test. A local civil society leader said he had seen at least two bodies with gunshot injuries.
The district medical officer, Manso Dumbuya, said he had to abandon the hospital because of the rioting.
