Online Attestation Form Required For All Persons Travelling To United States

Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) is advising that effective 3rd November, 2026, at 11:59 PM (EST), all persons boarding an international flight to the United States are required to have an attestation form completed prior to check-in.

The attestation form is a health declaration to help U.S. Government Officials manage the risks associated with Ebola.

Passengers may complete and submit their attestation forms via the Caribbean Airlines website: https://attest.caribbean-airlines.com.

The United States is not imposing this requirement because Ebola is spreading internationally without control. It is a precautionary measure responding to a serious Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Every passenger must declare that they have not been physically present in the DRC during the preceding twenty-one (21) days.

The outbreak involves a particularly concerning strain of the virus, and U.S. authorities are trying to prevent infected people from entering the country before symptoms develop.

The current outbreak involves Bundibugyo virus, one of the species of virus responsible for Ebola disease.

According to a situation update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 3rd November, 2026:

• The outbreak is concentrated in remote areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• The outbreak is spreading faster than previous Ebola outbreaks.
• Healthcare workers have been infected while treating patients.
• Population movement and cross-border travel are increasing the risk of further spread.
• The CDC describes this as the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.

The CDC’s reported figures, as of 1st November, 2026, were approximately 10,563 confirmed cases and 5,130 confirmed deaths across the countries included in its outbreak reporting.

Ebola is a serious and potentially fatal disease, but it does not spread as easily as respiratory infections such as Influenza or COVID-19.

Transmission generally occurs through direct contact with:

• Blood or other bodily fluids of an infected person who is symptomatic.
• Contaminated objects such as needles.
• Bodies of people who have died from Ebola.

It is not considered an airborne infection that spreads simply because someone shares an aircraft cabin with an infected person.

There is also an important reason for the 21-day declaration: Ebola symptoms can take up to twenty-one (21) days to develop after infection. Someone infected during travel could therefore initially appear healthy.

According to the CDC’s latest situation information, no cases associated with this outbreak have been confirmed in the United States. The agency continues to assess the risk to the American public and travellers as low.

Please be guided accordingly.

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