Ebola screening rule takes effect for all US-bound air passengers

Caribbean Air­lines (CAL) has ad­vised pas­sen­gers trav­el­ling to the Unit­ed States to com­plete a new health at­tes­ta­tion form be­fore check­ing in, as part of mea­sures in­tro­duced by US health au­thor­i­ties to guard against the spread of Ebo­la.

The re­quire­ment takes ef­fect on Tues­day and ap­plies to all pas­sen­gers board­ing in­ter­na­tion­al flights to the Unit­ed States, in­clud­ing US cit­i­zens and per­ma­nent res­i­dents.

In a no­tice is­sued to trav­ellers, CAL said pas­sen­gers must com­plete and sub­mit the form be­fore check-in to avoid de­lays. The form is avail­able through the air­line’s on­line por­tal.