What happened
The event date for this report is 2026-05-29. WHO has recorded 17 confirmed and 223 suspected Ebola deaths in the DRC since May 15. The account is based on one supplied report and should be read as a record of conditions known at that point, rather than as a statement about later developments. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Mexican airline Aeromexico announced restrictions on flights for passengers arriving from African countries affected by Ebola, effective on May 29.
The available figures and chronology
MEXICO CITY – Three Mexican airlines announced restrictions on May 29 for travellers from Central African countries due to the region’s deadly Ebola outbreak, as Mexico prepares to welcome fans and athletes for the football World Cup in less than two weeks. “Entry into Mexico by air is restricted for travellers who have stayed in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo or South Sudan within the last 21 days,” Aeromexico, the country’s largest airline, reported on social media. These details help define the scale and immediate setting of the event without extending the evidence beyond what the supplied source states. Where a number is an estimate, provisional count, forecast or company claim, it should not be treated as a final independently audited total. The evidence packet does not support assumptions about motives, responsibility or longer-term outcomes beyond the facts described here.
The operational context
Low-cost carriers Viva and Volaris, which operate several international routes, announced similar restrictions, which are in effect for 60 days. The DRC, currently battling an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, has qualified for the World Cup and is scheduled to play its first-round matches in the United States and Mexico. These details help define the scale and immediate setting of the event without extending the evidence beyond what the supplied source states. Where a number is an estimate, provisional count, forecast or company claim, it should not be treated as a final independently audited total. The evidence packet does not support assumptions about motives, responsibility or longer-term outcomes beyond the facts described here.
What remained uncertain
Along with Canada, the three North American countries are co-hosting the World Cup, with the June 11 opening match in Mexico City between Mexico and South Africa. The Congolese team has been training in Belgium and plans to be based in the southern US city of Houston during the tournament. These details help define the scale and immediate setting of the event without extending the evidence beyond what the supplied source states. Where a number is an estimate, provisional count, forecast or company claim, it should not be treated as a final independently audited total. The evidence packet does not support assumptions about motives, responsibility or longer-term outcomes beyond the facts described here.
The record at the time
Taken together, the supplied material supports the main development in the headline and the specific details above. It does not establish what happened after 2026-05-29, and no later outcome is inferred here. The report therefore preserves the event-date framing, attributes the account to the available evidence and avoids turning an early figure or stated plan into a settled result. Further official data, technical findings or independent reporting could refine the picture, but those materials were not part of this packet.
