Friday, September 5, 2014

Ebola: Cameroon quarantines 60 Nigerians


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EBOLA VIRUS
Due to the Ebola crisis that has claimed lives of seven Nigerians, the Cameroonian government has quarantined 60 Nigerians in its South-West region over the fear of the disease spreading to the country.
A report by a Cameroonian online newspaper, cameroon-info.net, said the sixty Nigerians were quarantined in the Ekok, Ekondo, and Titi communities in the country’s South-West region close to the border with Nigeria.
The country’s Minister of Health, Dr. Lukong Bay, said that there would be a restriction of movement of people from Nigeria and other countries affected by the disease to Cameroon as from Tuesday, September 2, 2014.
It was also stated in the report that the Nigerians would be released after 21 days of surveillance.
The report said, “This is a new delight that perhaps the minister of health has expected Tuesday afternoon in this region for a working session with the persons responsible for the implementation of the response plan on Ebola disease in the ports of Limbe and Tiko.
“As part of preventive measures against the epidemic in West Africa with nearly 1,500 deaths already recorded, the South-West, which borders with Nigeria, is considered one of the parts of the country that require a closer monitoring.”

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