Congo team must isolate to enter United States for World Cup amid Ebola outbreak

Congo is dealing with an outbreak of Ebola, and enforcement manager of the White House Task Force for the World Cup Andrew Giuliani said the Congolese nationalist shot squad indispensable isolate if they privation to participate the United States for the planetary tournament.

The U.S. has told FIFA, the Congolese authorities and nationalist shot team, that they indispensable isolate for 21 days successful bid to participate the state for the World Cup. The squad is presently grooming successful Belgium and is scheduled to play 2 warmup games there.

"We've been precise wide to Congo that they should support the integrity of their bubble for 21 days earlier they tin past travel to Houston connected June 11," Giuliani told ESPN. "We've made it precise wide to the Congo authorities arsenic good that they request to support that bubble oregon they hazard not being capable to question to the United States. We cannot beryllium immoderate clearer."

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Meschack Elia of Congo reacts during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Play-Off last lucifer betwixt Congo DR and Jamaica astatine Estadio Guadalajara successful Zapopan, Mexico, connected March 31, 2026. (Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images)

"We privation to marque definite that determination is thing that's going to travel successful oregon adjacent our borders present connected this," helium said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been monitoring 2 American doctors who were successful quarantine successful Europe aft being exposed to Ebola, Giuliani said. He said they person discussed sending unit to Belgium to cheque connected the Congo team.

In Congo past week, they had a confirmed outbreak of Bundibugyo, a uncommon benignant of Ebola. It is thought to person killed much than 130 people, with astir 600 suspected cases.

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Lens' DR Congo defender Arthur Masuaku and Malian midfielder Amadou Haidara be a grooming league astatine Stade de France stadium successful Saint-Denis connected May 21, 2026, up of the French Cup last against Nice connected May 22, 2026. (Franck Fife/AFP)

"If determination are different radical that are going to beryllium coming in, they request to person a abstracted bubble from that team. If they extremity up coming, and immoderate of those radical extremity up symptomatic, they are risking the full squad being capable to travel and vie successful this World Cup," Giuliani said.

The CDC announced this week that each overseas nationals who had been successful Congo, Uganda and South Sudan wrong the past 3 weeks would beryllium banned from introduction into the United States for 30 days.

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Renaldo Cephas of Jamaica and Brian Cipenga of Congo vie for the shot during the FIFA World Cup 2026 play-off last astatine Estadio Guadalajara successful Zapopan, Mexico, connected March 31, 2026. (Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images)

The Congo canceled a planned farewell by the squad to fans and a three-day World Cup mentation grooming campy connected Wednesday.

Congo is successful Group K and is scheduled to play Portugal successful their opening crippled successful Houston connected June 17. Their adjacent 2 games are against Colombia successful Guadalajara, Mexico, connected June 23, and Uzbekistan successful Atlanta connected June 27.

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