DR Congo will not change World Cup preparations despite US Ebola warning
Key takeaways
- World Cup cohosts United States have warned the Democratic Republic of the Congo team to isolate due to Ebola fears.
- “We’ve been very clear to Congo that they should maintain the integrity of their bubble for 21 days before they can then come to Houston on June 11,” Giuliani told ESPN on Saturday.
- “We’ve made it very clear to the Congo government as well that they need to maintain that bubble, or they risk not being able to travel to the United States.
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World Cup cohosts United States have warned the Democratic Republic of the Congo team to isolate due to Ebola fears.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo DR Congo's Cedric Bakambu celebrates qualifying for the FIFA World Cup by beating Jamaica in the Inter-Confederation Playoffs [Eloisa Sanchez/Reuters]By Reuters Published On 23 May 202623 May 2026The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have no plans to change their preparations for the 2026 World Cup, despite a warning from the United States that the team must isolate for 21 days before arriving in the country, a team official has said.
Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup, confirmed on Friday that the Congolese delegation needed to maintain a bubble where they are training in Belgium and isolate for 21 days or risk being denied entry after a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus in the central African country.