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Cameroon:Govt makes Coronavirus screening compulsory at schools

Published on 05.03.2021

In the face of the recent surge of the Covid-19 in Cameroon, the government has made screening compulsory at secondary schools nationwide. According to a communiqué signed by the Minister of Secondary Education, Nalova Lyonga, "access to school campuses shall be conditioned on the presentation of a recent COVID-19 test…

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