{"id":20216,"date":"2026-06-10T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/20216\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:24:17","slug":"belgium-rejects-us-world-cup-demand-for-congo-travel-ban-amid-ebola-outbreak-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/20216\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium rejects US World Cup demand for Congo travel ban amid Ebola outbreak \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The minister explained Belgium is focusing on screening and controls at departure points in affected countries. \u201cIf someone does arrive here with symptoms, they will immediately go into quarantine,\u201d Vandenbroucke said, adding that two Belgian hospitals were prepared to receive patients.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come after reports surfaced that U.S. Ambassador Bill White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtbf.be\/article\/epidemie-d-ebola-les-etats-unis-demandent-a-la-belgique-d-interdire-l-entree-sur-le-territoire-aux-congolais-11738006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">urged<\/a> Belgium to adopt strict American-style travel restrictions on Congolese travelers ahead of the World Cup, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/articles\/match-schedule-fixtures-results-teams-stadiums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kicks off<\/a> Thursday in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Daily flights connect Brussels to Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/09\/white-house-world-cup-ebola-europe?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. media,<\/a>Washington has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruzz.be\/actua\/politiek\/vs-eisen-dat-ons-land-inreisverbod-invoert-voor-congolezen-door-ebola-uitbraak-2026-06-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">warned<\/a> European countries that if they do not adopt America&#8217;s tougher travel restrictions, they could be subject to U.S. entry bans.<\/p>\n<p>Vandenbroucke on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2026\/06\/10\/ebola-outbreak-belgium-rejects-us-demand-to-bar-congolese-natio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">accused<\/a> the Trump administration of undermining the international response to the health crisis. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. bears an overwhelming responsibility for what is happening now, because development cooperation and medical aid have been scaled back,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are going to have millions of people on their conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/22\/africa\/ebola-us-aid-cuts-drc-uganda-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">denies<\/a> its aid cuts have impacted the detection of, or response to, the current Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The minister explained Belgium is focusing on screening and controls at departure points in affected countries. \u201cIf someone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[4736,7,4868,10794,1915,12791,1362,12792,1822,12793,5860,87,300],"class_list":["post-20216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-belgium","tag-democratic-republic-of-congo","tag-ebola","tag-frank-vandenbroucke","tag-global-health","tag-hospitals","tag-infectious-diseases","tag-marco-rubio","tag-patients","tag-public-health","tag-united-states","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116725800323031562","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}