The Democratic Republic of Congo national team hopes for a quick solution after their planned final World Cup tune-up match scheduled for next week in Spain was cancelled by local authorities in connection with the Ebola outbreak in the African country.

DR Congo were due to play Chile on June 9 in La Línea de la Concepción, but the local mayor vetoed the match over health concerns.

Mayor Juan Franco told Spanish radio Cope that documents provided by the Congo delegation were deemed "insufficient" by local experts and those from the Andalusia province and that they decided on "a path of utmost caution."

Congo's FA said that all necessary measures had been taken to meet all health and sporting conditions and that it "strictly adheres to international protocol."

It said it was in talks with the Spanish FA and international bodies to make the game happen "under the best possible conditions."

Spanish media quoted Chilean team officials as saying they were ready to play the match behind closed doors and were in talks with all relevant parties.

The Ebola outbreak last month in eastern Congo has so far seen more than 650 deaths, with over 1,200 suspected cases. It has also spread to neighbouring Uganda.

World Cup hosts United States, Mexico and Canada have imposed entry restrictions for people who have been to Congo, Uganda and South Sudan.

The US has told the Congo team it must isolate for 21 days in Belgium, where it is training, to be able to come to the World Cup. They were due to play a tune-up match in Liege against Denmark later on Wednesday.

Congo football officials have said that there should not be much fear about players being infected because all of them are based overseas, mostly in France.

Congo has not played at a World Cup since 1974, then as Zaire.

Passengers on Tuesday's Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Chicago were gifted Germany shirts as the World Cup squad was also on board.

The shirts were distributed before the take-off of flight LH434 and several passengers made immediate use of them.

The German team previously travelled to big event on charter flights but this time chose a regular flight for environmental reasons.

The regular passengers were in economy while first and business class in the Airbus 350-900 was reserved for players led by captain Joshua Kimmich, coach Julian Nagelsmann and his staff and officials.

The team boarded separately after a farewell ceremony by long-time national federation DFB partners Lufthansa.

Germany will in Chicago for a few days and play a final tune-up match there against the United States on Saturday.

They move into their World Cup base camp in North Carolina on Monday and start the World Cup on June 14 against debutants Curaçao. Ivory Coast and Ecuador are the other group stage opponents.