Cameroon Fears Ebola Spread from Nigeria

Yaounde, Cameroon – The Ebola scare has gripped Cameroon following reports that cases of the disease were imported from neighboring Nigeria.

Cameroon’s minister of health has refuted the allegations.

Rumors that cases of the deadly Ebola virus had been detected at the government referral hospital in Douala, Cameroon, spread quickly.

Marcel Fru, 17, said he learned from television news reports that two Nigerians were taken from the Douala airport to a hospital after the virus was detected in them.

Nigerians throng into Cameroon on a daily basis for business, vacation and fear of the militant group Boko Haram. The World Health Organization (WHO) says at least 10 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Nigeria…

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