The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has announced that all players arriving in Equatorial Guinea for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, will be tested for the Ebola virus.
According to Julia Nchama Beso Avomo, the administrative attache at the country’s embassy in London, everyone will be subjected to a short medical check upon arrival.
Cape Verde have already touched down in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday and Congo, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Republic of Congo and Ghana were to arrive yesterday.
“All the delegations are landing in Malabo for health checks,” CAF said in a statement.
“It was the case for Cape Verde yesterday and DR Congo today. And it would be the case for all the teams.”
Equatorial Guinea had no reported cases of Ebola.
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