Ebola : la frontière avec la Guinée fermée (officiel)
Senegal has decided to close until further notice its border with Guinea , to guard against the Ebola fever raging in the neighboring country, does one official sources Saturday in Dakar.
" The interior minister informed the people that due to the Ebola fever raging in the Republic of Guinea and in the context of prevention, the boundaries of the regions of Kolda (south) and Kédougou ( southeast) with the neighboring country are closed until further notice, " an official statement received from the APS .
" The governors said regions have taken all necessary measures for the effective implementation of this decision," said the source
The prefect of Vélingara located in the Kolda region had already decided to close the weekly market Diaobé , one of the most famous in the sub -region , where thousands of people gather each week from the Gambia Guinea, Guinea- Bissau and Senegal.
The Ebola virus , which emerged in Guinea in January, continues to grow in this country where it is reported a total of 111 suspected cases including 70 deaths , according to a report released Friday by the Guinean Ministry of Health.
Eight cases of hemorrhagic fever , including one death , were recorded and the last two days in Conakry, the Guinean capital , hitherto spared Has it reported the same source.
The vast majority of cases were reported in the cities and regions of southern Guinea , considered the center of the epidemic . The most affected areas are Guékédou ( 51 deaths out of 73 cases) and Macenta ( 12 deaths out of 22 cases).
I think that for humanitarian reasons the victims should be brought to Washington D.C. for care and treatment. Congress in its investigatory mode could interview the sufferers.