The Min­istry of Health has ad­vised Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als to avoid trav­el­ling to three African coun­tries af­fect­ed by an out­break of Ebo­la Bundibu­gyo virus dis­ease and warned that re­turn­ing trav­ellers from those coun­tries will face en­hanced health screen­ing and mon­i­tor­ing mea­sures.

In a trav­el ad­vi­so­ry is­sued to­day, the Min­istry said cit­i­zens should avoid all trav­el to the De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Re­pub­lic of the Con­go, Ugan­da and South Su­dan be­cause of the ac­tive out­break.

The ad­vi­so­ry comes as health au­thor­i­ties move to strength­en bor­der sur­veil­lance mea­sures aimed at pro­tect­ing the pop­u­la­tion and pre­vent­ing com­pli­ca­tions re­lat­ed to quar­an­tine and repa­tri­a­tion ef­forts.