The
Senegalese Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced that a Senegalese national
residing in Italy has tested positive with coronavirus.
He
arrived in the country on 6 March 2020 from Italy and headed to Touba, Senegal.
The
purpose of his visit to his native country was to attend a religious programme
widely called Magal of Pokharane designed to pay tribute to the mother of
Serign Touba. Thousands of people also attended the ceremony.
Senegal
has now registered 10 cases, two cured and eight currently hospitalised for
treatment.
Previously, a French and English, who had the
virus and admitted at Fann Hospital in Dakar have been cured and are now
discharged.
There
are 132 coronavirus cases registered in 12 African countries, health
authorities said.
