A hospital in neighbouring Benin Republic is treating a Nigerian man suspected of having contracted Ebola virus. Authorities have sent a sample of his blood to Senegal for testing, Health Minister Dorothée Gazard said on state television yesterday.
The case is unconfirmed but Gazard’s announcement triggered widespread fears in the capital Cotonou. Many people said they would stock up on food and stop eating at popular roadside food stalls to avoid possible infection, witnesses said.
Source: The Nation
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