Gabon rules out closing border over Ebola

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Gabon will not close its border over the threat of Ebola virus, but will remain vigilant, the country's President Ali Bongo Ondimba said on Sunday.

The president was speaking in Libreville during celebrations to mark Gabon's 54th independence anniversary.

"We have prepared ourselves very well, in case an Ebola case will be confirmed in the country, we will respond quickly," he added.

"Obviously, we are not waiting for an Ebola case to be declared in Gabon. The government has put in place an effective surveillance system comprised of several ministries at all our border points. We are monitoring all visitors coming into our country," Ondimba said.

Gabon has in the passed been hit by Ebola epidemic, twice in 1970s and early in the year 2000.

It was in Gabon where scientists discovered that the Ebola virus was carried by bats.

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