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An Air France formation headed to Detroit, Michigan, was redirected to Canada connected Wednesday aft it was wished that a rider from nan Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had boarded “in error” amid caller Ebola-related recreation restrictions, officials pinch nan US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) said.
“Due to introduction restrictions put successful spot to trim nan consequence of nan Ebola virus, nan rider should not person boarded nan plane,” a CBP spokesperson said successful a statement.
“CBP took decisive action and prohibited nan formation carrying that traveler from landing astatine Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and instead, diverted to Montreal, Canada.”
The spokesperson added that CBP, successful coordination pinch nan US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “is taking nan basal measures to protect nationalist wellness and trim nan consequence of Ebola illness preamble into nan United States”.
On Monday, nan CDC and nan Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented impermanent measures aimed astatine preventing nan Ebola illness from entering nan US amid ongoing outbreaks successful eastbound and cardinal Africa. The measures see enhanced recreation screening, introduction restrictions and further nationalist wellness protocols.
Among nan caller rules are introduction restrictions for non-US passport holders who person been successful “Uganda, DRC aliases South Sudan successful nan erstwhile 21 days”. The bid is successful effect for 30 days, according to nan announcement.
The DHS will instrumentality further introduction restrictions opening connected Thursday for overseas travellers arriving to nan US from countries astatine nan halfway of nan outbreak. In a DHS notice submitted to nan Federal Register, expected to beryllium published connected Thursday, nan section states each US-bound flights carrying overseas travelers who person been successful Congo, Uganda aliases South Sudan successful nan past 21 days must onshore astatine Washington-Dulles International airdrome successful Virginia, “where nan US authorities is focusing nationalist wellness resources to instrumentality enhanced nationalist wellness measures”.
On Wednesday, nan director-general of nan World Health Organization said that truthful far, location person been almost 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, informing that nan numbers are expected to rise. The director-general said that 51 cases had been confirmed successful nan DRC, “although we cognize nan standard of nan pandemic successful DRC is overmuch larger”. Uganda has besides confirmed 2 cases, he said.
During his remarks, nan director-general besides said that an American national who was moving successful DRC had besides been confirmed affirmative and they had been transferred to Germany.
