Connecticuit Based Nigerian Father Sues School after Ebola fears Keep Daughter away from Class: DETAILS

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Stephen Opayemi filed the lawsuit in a federal court in New Haven, Connecticut against an elementary school yesterday, saying his 7-...

Stephen Opayemi filed the lawsuit in a federal court in New Haven, Connecticut against an elementary school yesterday, saying his 7-year-old daughter was discriminated against and banned from school for 21 days based on irrational fears of Ebola because she attended a wedding in Lagos, Nigeria between 2nd and 13th of October.

He asked the judge to order the school to immediately permit his daughter to return to class. Opayemi's daughter has not experienced any symptoms associated with Ebola and her health is fine, but parents and teachers were concerned she could transmit Ebola to other children.

African communities in the US have reported an increasing amount of ostracism since the Ebola epidemic began. At least two speeches by Liberians have been canceled by U.S. universities, and a college in Texas refused admission to Nigerian students over worries about the virus.

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