Cameroon resumes flights to Senegal after Ebola scare

Cameroon, on September 17, reopened its air and sea routes with Senegal, one month after it suspended all flights with Ebola-affected countries to check the spread of the disease from being brought into the country.

Sources told The Post that the decision was announced on September 18 in a statement signed by John Koe Ntonga, Cameroon Ambassador to Senegal.

“As from September 17, 2014, the Cameroonian Government has decided to rescind the suspension of all travel by air, sea and overland to and from Senegal to Cameroon or in transit through Cameroon,” reads the statement.

The move follows the healing of an Ebola patient identified in Senegal.

Senegalese authorities had earlier announced the healing of a young Guinean who had imported the deadly Ebola virus into Senegal.

On August 14, Cameroonian authorities stepped up preventive measures, tightened surveillance in all health districts, airports and sea ports, borders, and suspended flights from all Ebola-affected countries including Senegal.

Equatorial Guinea Resumes Flights To West Africa In the same light, Equatorial Guinean President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbazogo, announced on September 15, that flights from the country’s national airline companies to West Africa will resume soon.

Speaking during a press conference in Malabo, Obiang Nguema said the decision to close borders and suspend flights from the country’s national airline companies to West Africa was because of the country’s protective measures against the Ebola virus.

According to him, the country has acquired the means to prevent the entry of the Ebola virus, reason why flights to West African countries were re-opened. Obiang Nguema said the closure of borders was not a solution to the Ebola virus.

“We cannot escape from the issues that concern human beings,” he said The press conference that focused on the Ebola epidemic held on the sidelines of the award of the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Prize for 2014.

President Obiang Nguema said Africa has to take responsibility and find solutions to problems that concern the continent, as it suffers from a lot of diseases. He proposed the creation of an African Committee to follow up on Ebola.