Air France flight diverted to Montreal after passenger from DRC boards despite Ebola travel ban

At least 139 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda, with approximately 600 suspected cases; one American doctor infected and airlifted to Germany, six others in high-risk isolation in Europe.

In the long history of humanity's struggle to contain contagion at its borders, a single misdirected flight from Paris to Detroit — rerouted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded in violation of a new Ebola travel ban — stands as both a cautionary symbol and a test of modern public health infrastructure. The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which no vaccine or treatment exists, has killed at least 139 people and infected roughly 600 more across DRC and Uganda, prompting the WHO to declare a global health emergency and the United States to impose sweeping 30

Air France flight diverted to Montreal after passenger from DRC boards despite Ebola travel ban

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