It’s
been one month since Senegal confirmed its first case of covid-19, Health
Minister Abdoulaye Diouf said on Thursday, as the country announced the
registration of five new positive cases, bringing the total to 195.
Going
by the reports given by the Ministry of Health in Senegal, 138 people are
undergoing treatment and about 55 patients have recovered.
As
a precautionary measure to prevent further spread of the virus, President Macky
Sall has suspended cabinet meetings in state house. Starting from Wednesday,
all cabinet meetings will be through a
video conference.
Schools
will reopen on 4 May, 2020. President Sall yesterday ordered each family member
to receive two bags of rice, 10 litres of oil, cartons of soap and a bag of
sugar. Residents living in Dakar and its environs like Pikine, Rufisque and
Thies will not receive these basic commodities.
Teachers
teaching in the Qu’ranic schools commonly known as Madarassas, will receive
financial assistance of 330 million CFA.
Also,
the government is considering to assist the population to pay for 3 months
electricity and water bills like Cote D’Ivoire has done, Togo and Mauritania
also promised to help their populace for 3 months.
Abdoulaye
Diouf Sarr, Health minister on behalf of President Sall thanked health
authorities and journalists who showed professionalism during the one month
period of the fight against covid-19.
President
Sall promised to assist the media and all workers both government and private
to continue their jobs.
Recently,
946,875 is the registered number of people that have tested positive for
covid-19 with 48,135 deaths worldwide.
