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."
Punch
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