Ebola Risk Diverts Detroit Flight as US To Update Travel Restrictions
A passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has appeared, was on the plane "in error."
A flight headed for Detroit was diverted to Canada over concerns that a passenger may have been exposed to Ebola. The Air France flight departed Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on Wednesday “in error” with a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the U. S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said. “Due to entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus, the passenger should not have boarded the plane,” the CBP told the Detroit Free Press . The flight was diverted to Montreal after the CBP “took decisive action and prohibited the flight carrying that traveler from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
” Non-U. S. passport holders from the DRC, South Sudan and Uganda are currently under a 30-day travel ban that started on May 18, three days after an outbreak of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus was confirmed in northeastern DRC.
Uganda has also reported imported cases from the DRC. While South Sudan has not reported confirmed cases in the current outbreak, it is considered high-risk, the U. S.