The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has banned the entry of non-Americans who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the past 21 days.
All of DR Congo’s players live outside the country and are currently unaffected by the restrictions as their training camps have been cancelled.
“If someone else comes in, they need a separate bubble from that team,” Giuliani said.
“If they come and even one of those people develops symptoms, there is a risk that the whole team will not be able to come and compete in this World Cup.”
On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the public health risk from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from ‘high’ to ‘very high.’
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk in the wider region of Africa was “high” but remained “low” globally.
Dr. Congo is scheduled to play friendly matches against Denmark in Belgium on June 3 and Chile in Spain on June 9.
The World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19, with the Democratic Republic of Congo playing Portugal in the opening match on June 17.
