Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. government is implementing new measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus by travelers from Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo entering the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday.
The announcement comes after Ebola outbreaks in the two African countries that have killed a combined nine people, according to the World Health Organization. Previous outbreaks in the countries -- and Liberia and Sierra Leone -- killed thousands of people.