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U.S. Customs and Border Protection said an Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded \u201cin error\u201d amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak<\/span>
TORONTO — <\/span>An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded a flight in Paris \u201cin error\u201d amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak,<\/a> U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.
A spokesperson for the agency says the passenger \u201cshould not have boarded\u201d the plane Wednesday due to U.S. entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of Ebola spreading.
The spokesman said in an email officials \u201ctook decisive action and prohibited the flight carrying that traveler from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and instead, diverted to Montreal, Canada.\u201d
Air France said the Congolese passenger was denied entry into the U.S. due to new regulations that travelers from certain countries, including the Congo, can enter only through Washington.
The Department of Homeland Security also said that as of Thursday all U.S.-bound American citizens and permanent residents who have been in Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days must only enter through Washington Dulles International Airport for enhanced screening.
Craig Currie, spokesman for the Public Health Agency of Canada, said U.S. officials informed Canadian authorities that the plane was refused entry due to their temporary travel restrictions for anyone who traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan within the previous 21 days.
Currie said a public health official in Montreal assessed the traveler as asymptomatic. He said the traveler has flown back to Paris.
\u201cAir France flight AFR378, along with all other passengers, continued to its original destination of Detroit,\u201d Currie said in an email.
The World Health Organization on Sunday declared the Ebola outbreak<\/a> a public health emergency<\/a> of international concern. The outbreak is linked to the Bundibugyo virus,<\/a> which is rarer than others and there is no available vaccine or medicine for it.
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