Detroit-bound flight diverted to Canada after passenger from Congo boarded ‘in error’ amid Ebola outbreak - BERITAJA

An Air France formation bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada aft a rider from Congo boarded “in error” amid the Ebola outbreak successful cardinal Africa, officials said Wednesday.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said the agency took “decisive action” by prohibiting the formation from landing astatine Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.

The formation departed from Paris and landed successful Montreal soon aft 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to information from the locator FlightAware.

“Due to introduction restrictions put successful spot to trim the consequence of the Ebola virus, the rider should not person boarded the plane,” the CBP spokesperson said successful a statement.

Montreal Trudeau International Airport directed requests for much accusation to Air France, which did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that the U.S. will restrict introduction for group without U.S. passports who were successful Congo, South Sudan aliases Uganda successful the past 3 weeks. The regularisation is successful effect for the adjacent 30 days.

In a notice submitted to the Federal Register set to beryllium published Thursday, CPB and the Department of Homeland Security announced caller presence restrictions directing each flights to the U.S. pinch passengers who person precocious traveled to Congo, Uganda aliases South Sudan to onshore astatine Washington-Dulles International Airport successful Virginia.

The restrictions statesman Thursday and use to immoderate personification who “has departed from, aliases was different coming within,” the 3 countries “within 21 days of the day of the person’s introduction aliases attempted entry” into the U.S., according to the document.

Dulles was described arsenic the airdrome “where the U.S. authorities is focusing nationalist wellness resources to instrumentality enhanced nationalist wellness measures.”

DHS did not instantly respond to petition for remark about the document.

The suspected decease toll from the Ebola outbreak totals much than 139, pinch much than 600 suspected cases, about of them successful Congo, according to the World Health Organization.

A vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the microorganism — which is driving the outbreak — is about apt months away from quality trials, and location is nary guarantee it would work, the WHO said Wednesday.