World Cup 2026: DRC team told to quarantine before entering U.S.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bans entry to non-Americans who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the past 21 days.

All players from the Democratic Republic of Congo are abroad and will not be affected by the restrictions now lifted on training camps.

“If there are others coming in, they need to be separated from that group,” Giuliani said.

“If they end up coming and any one of them ends up showing symptoms, they run the risk of the whole team not being able to come to this World Cup.”

Public health risks from Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo raised on Friday From “high” to “very high” Developed by the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk was “higher” in wider Africa but remained “low” globally.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo will play friendly matches against Denmark in Belgium on June 3 and Chile in Spain on June 9.

The World Cup will be held from June 11 to July 19, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will face Portugal in the opening game on June 17.