Abong-Mbang bush meat sellers still in business

Antelopes, monkeys, and others are always displayed on the stalls at the central market in Abong-Mbang, department of Haut-Nyong, area in the East.

The area in the East is the zone par excellence of the sale of meat of bush meat. And the question at the moment is whether the people in this area are not informed of the recent recommendations of the Minister of Public health in connection with the fever Ebola.

"I am informed but the virus does not exist yet in Cameroon. And since I am here, no case was still detected and it is not by eating this meat from time to time that one will catch the disease ", a resident said.

In the households, restaurants and markets in Abong-Mbang, bush meat is made with all sauces without any worry as to the measures taken by the administrative authorities. However the Ebola virus has prevailed for several weeks in certain African countries

As regards Cameron, measures were taken by the ministry of Public health to bar any occasion that can cause this disease. A plan of response against the disease was set up.

And it is within this framework that André Mama Fouda, Minister of public health, recommended on 29 August, that people avoid contact, the cutting-up and the consumption of the bush meat, particularly monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, antelopes and bats.