India, May 25 -- The United States has temporarily stopped green-card holders from entering the country if they have traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the past 21 days.
The order was issued on Friday as part of efforts to stop Ebola from spreading into the US. Earlier travel rules only banned non-US citizens who had recently visited these countries, while US citizens and permanent residents were exempt.
"HHS [the Department of Health and Human Services] and CDC [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] have determined that permitting the director of CDC or other secretarial delegate the discretion to prohibit entry of certain lawful permanent residents is reasonably required in the interest ...