The country also registered 1 new COVID-related death, bringing the total deaths to 164.
This is according to the 287th COVID-19 situation report of The Gambia for 27th March 2021 (published on the 28th March 2021).
The country currently has 206 active cases, while 8 COVID-19 patients were discharged from treatment centres.
Five (5) COVID-19 patients are on oxygen therapy.
The country’s ministry of health said 5345 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with COVISHIELD (AstraZeneca vaccine) as of the 25th March 2021.
Dr. Abubacarr Jah, senior member of Cancer Confrontation Care and Consolation (C3G) at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH), has called on development partners such as GSM operators, banking companies and embassies among others to pledge a yearly donation towards purchase of reagents to ensure sustainability of the newly inaugurated C3G Lab in Banjul.
Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) is one of Gambia’s most populous locality. It hosts half-a-million of Gambia’s 2 million population, with 50, 000 households.
At least four young people have been arrested by the Gambia Police Force (GPF) for intrusion and misconduct at the Mandinary Lower Basic School; The Point has been reliably informed.
Lawyers and activists from Gambia and around the world today insisted that any recommendations by the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) for the prosecution of abusive officials be followed by a process of criminal accountability.
