The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says the passenger who was allowed to board an Air France flight despite U.S. Ebola restrictions, which forced the plane to divert to Montreal, is no longer in Canada.
“On May 20, 2026, at approximately 16:30 ET, the United States (U.S.) informed Canadian authorities that Air France flight AFR378 from Paris to Detroit was refused entry to the United States (U.S.) due to their temporary travel restrictions for anyone who travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan within the previous 21 days,” PHAC told Global News via email.
“A Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Quarantine Officer assessed the traveller and determined they were asymptomatic.”
PHAC said the traveller has departed back to Paris. The Air France flight, along with all other passengers, has continued to Detroit.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola symptoms typically begin two to 21 days after someone is exposed to the virus.
Symptoms are easy to confuse with other illnesses, the CDC says, and notes that the first symptoms to appear are typically “generic” and include fever, aches and pains, severe headache, sore throat and weakness or fatigue.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection initially said the flight was diverted to Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak.
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A spokesperson for the agency says the passenger “should not have boarded” the plane bound for Detroit due to U.S. entry restrictions put in place to reduce Ebola risk.
The U.S. border agency said it was taking “necessary measures” to protect public health in co-ordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Air France said the passenger was denied entry into the U.S. due to new regulations that travellers from certain countries, including Congo, can enter only through Washington.
Health officials are on alert as a deadly outbreak of a rare type of Ebola called Bundibugyo ravages the Congo and neighbouring Uganda.
Ontario’s health ministry says one person has been tested for several infectious diseases, including Ebola, out of an abundance of caution due to the person’s travel history.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says samples are expected to arrive at the National Microbiology Laboratory on Thursday.
The World Health Organization has reported almost 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths, though officials believe the scale of the spread is much larger.
- With files from The Canadian Press
What did this have to do with CANADA whatsoever?????? Wasn’t a Canadian flight, wasn’t a Canadian passenger! An American airline allowed passenger to board; therefore, their issue! Ridiculous! Canada needs to get wiser!
What I want to know is WHY this plane had to land in Montreal to figure this all out instead of Detroit, especially when it’s to do with Ebola of all things. Canada had no part in the passenger boarding nor where they were landing, and Air France is not a Canadian entity. Can someone explain?
A, we found out during covid that most Canadians don’t have a brain.
They just let the government funded “news” tell them what to think.
Did we not just go through this a few years ago and our wonderful Winnipeg scientist came up with a vaccine for ebola so this disease became under control for a while there. “The VSV-EBOV (Ervebo) Ebola vaccine was initially researched and developed by scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. While the NML conducted the pioneering research, the vaccine is manufactured globally and distributed primarily for outbreak response and high-risk travelers.”
With all the visitors Canada is expecting for the World Cup maybe Canada health need to think about putting in restrictions also.
Did the passengers depart the plane while they were in Montreal?
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Maybe Tam gave the passenger a Rona vaccine just in case.
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Ebolas up EH !! Canada will accept anyone including those who may have a plague for which there is no cure, no vaccine, and very little treatment. Carney should have locked down the borders immediately to those from African countries affected by Ebola.
Other countries wont let the infected in…So welcome to Canada.. Elbows up Ebola and all..
The federal and provincial governments should have done something to control the travel in and out.
Paul, anyone with a brain should know this.
Unnamed sources say that hantavirus was not scaring the population enough, so the NWO changed the 2026 election virus to Ebola.