Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana says the federal government should add people attempting to fly to and from Ebola-stricken countries to the no-fly list to stop them from entering the United States. Jindal, a Republican, released a statement reiterating his support for a travel ban from those countries in West Africa affected by the Ebola outbreak.
“Even though it makes common sense to do this [institute the travel ban], the White House has refused to do it,” Jindal said. “At the very least, we need to place more travel restrictions on who can travel to and from Ebola-stricken countries. That’s why I am calling on the federal government to block people – except first-responders, health care professionals, and relief workers – from traveling to and from countries with Ebola. The no-fly list should be temporarily expanded to include non-U.S. citizens in the United States or in West African countries who are not first-responders, health care professionals, or relief workers, and American citizens who want to travel to Ebola-stricken countries for pleasure.”
Jindal, who is serving his second term as Louisiana’s governor, has previous experience in areas of public health. He served as Louisiana’s secretary of health and hospitals and later as an assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush administration.
