LIBREVILLE, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Gabonese government decided to activate a contingency plan following the Marburg virus outbreak declared in Equatorial Guinea, a country bordering Gabon to the west.
Gabon has for the occasion drawn up "a contingency plan whose objective is zero contamination of Marburg virus disease on the national territory," read a press release by the Gabonese government published Wednesday.
Libreville has also dispatched a team of technicians led by the health minister Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong Wednesday to identify an isolation area for possible suspected cases in the border areas.
To date in Gabon, no Marburg virus case has been reported on the Gabonese territory, assured the health minister.
"The Government has taken the necessary measures to avoid the virus's spread in our country," said Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong, adding that the COVID-19 pandemic had enabled Gabon to strengthen its capacities of the health care system.
