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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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