Cameroon Closes All Borders With Nigeria

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Cameroon has closed all its land, sea and air borders with Nigeria in a move to help prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, the government spokesman said on Monday.

Cameroon's communications minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, said that: "All borders [land, sea and air] between Cameroon and Nigeria are closed. Our thinking is that it is better to act preventively rather than have to heal" later those who may fall ill.

No cases of Ebola have been recorded so far in Cameroon which shares a nearly 2,000-kilometre-long [1,240-mile] border with Nigeria, where the virus has claimed four lives with about a dozen people infected.

This comes as an information sharing and working session on Ebola was held in the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

Moreover, the World Health Organization [WHO] has also called on Ebola-affected countries to begin exit scanning for all passengers departing international airports, seaports, and ground crossings.
According to WHO, the virus has already killed at least 1,145 people in African countries, including in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Nigeria.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team