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  "id": "us-travel-advisory:democratic-republic-of-the-congo",
  "slug": "democratic-republic-of-the-congo",
  "title": "Democratic Republic of the Congo travel advisory: Level 4: Do Not Travel",
  "country": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
  "level": 4,
  "level_label": "Level 4: Do Not Travel",
  "level_name": "Do Not Travel",
  "advisory": {
    "source_title": "Democratic Republic of the Congo - Level 4: Do Not Travel",
    "source_url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-travel-advisory.html",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-07-15",
    "source_identifier": "CG,advisory",
    "country_tag": "CG",
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      "advisory"
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    "source_note": null,
    "summary": "Do not travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to health, crime, unrest, terrorism, and kidnapping. Due to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, the Department of Homeland Security has implemented new restrictions under Title 49 of the U.S. Code which prevent U.S. citizens and nationals who have been in the DRC within a 21-day period from boarding commercial flights into the United States. Travelers who have been in the DRC within 21 days of their flight will not be allowed to board flights with U.S. destinations. All U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals who have been in the DRC must remain outside the DRC for 21 days before boarding flights to the United States. Visit the Centers…",
    "summary_truncated": true
  },
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      "id": "cdc-travel-notice:ebola-drc-provinces",
      "title": "Level 4 - Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease in Ituri and Nord-Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "level": 4,
      "level_label": "Level 4: Warning: Avoid All Travel",
      "url": "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level4/ebola-drc-provinces",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04",
      "summary": "CDC recommends avoiding all travel to Ituri and Nord-Kivu (North-Kivu) provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to the current Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak unless traveling for humanitarian aid or emergency response."
    },
    {
      "id": "cdc-travel-notice:ebola-democratic-republic-of-the-congo",
      "title": "Level 3 - Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease in Haut-Uélé and Tshopo Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "level": 3,
      "level_label": "Level 3: Warning: Reconsider Nonessential Travel",
      "url": "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level3/ebola-democratic-republic-of-the-congo",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04",
      "summary": "CDC recommends avoiding nonessential travel to Haut-Uélé and Tshopo provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to the current Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak."
    },
    {
      "id": "cdc-travel-notice:ebola-drc-uganda",
      "title": "Level 2 - Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda",
      "level": 2,
      "level_label": "Level 2: Alert: Practice Enhanced Precautions",
      "url": "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level2/ebola-drc-uganda",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04",
      "summary": "CDC recommends practicing enhanced precautions for travel to Uganda or to provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) not affected by the current Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak. Country List : Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Country List : Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Country List : Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Country List : Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Country List : Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda"
    },
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      "id": "cdc-travel-notice:meningococcal-drc",
      "title": "Level 2 - Meningococcal Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "level": 2,
      "level_label": "Level 2: Alert: Practice Enhanced Precautions",
      "url": "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level2/meningococcal-drc",
      "published_at": "2026-03-24",
      "summary": "There is an outbreak of meningococcal disease in the Mangembo Health Zone of Kongo Central Province. The best way to protect yourself is to get meningococcal vaccination."
    }
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      "observed_at": "2026-09-10T23:02:54+00:00",
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  "level_last_changed_at": null,
  "official_url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-travel-advisory.html",
  "source_name": "U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs and CDC Travelers' Health",
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  "source_updated_at": "2026-09-10",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-09-10T23:03:54+00:00",
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    "sub_national_levels": "The official advisory may assign different levels to regions inside the destination. CiteFacts publishes the country-level line only; read the linked advisory for regional detail.",
    "level_history_before_observation": "The source feed carries only the current advisory. Levels before CiteFacts' first validated observation are unknown, not assumed unchanged.",
    "cdc_destination_coverage": "CDC notices are matched by destination names in the notice title. A CDC destination page may list additional destinations; global and regional notices are listed on the family index, not attached here."
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    "cdc_notices": "CDC notices whose normalized title contains this destination's name or a documented alias as whole words, after masking longer destination names.",
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    "title": "Destination name plus the source level label; not editorial judgment."
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