CDC's Bundibugyo travel advice is not one regional warning but two country-level instructions, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo notice at Level 3 advising travelers to avoid nonessential travel to Ituri, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu, while the Uganda notice is Level 2 and tells travelers to practice enhanced precautions. [1] [2]

That is the service sequel to Monday's casual-contact warning and screening-window story, where the paper's rule was that Ebola coverage should stay tied to exposure, country guidance, and the 21-day symptom window, not generalized airport suspicion. [1] [2]

The DRC notice is narrower and stronger because it names three provinces, says to avoid nonessential travel there, tells travelers leaving the area to monitor for symptoms for 21 days, and says there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease. [1]

The Uganda notice asks for enhanced precautions rather than avoidance of nonessential travel, telling travelers to avoid nonurgent healthcare facilities, traditional healers, dead bodies, and contact with sick people or body fluids, and to monitor symptoms after leaving. [2]

Same virus does not mean same travel rule, so the useful reader action is to read the specific notice for the country and route, then carry the CDC language home for 21 days. [1] [2]

-- NORA WHITFIELD, Chicago