With the latest report by the country’s minister of health, The Gambia now has 3,731 cases confirmed.
No new COVID-19 related death was registered.
2 new COVID-19 patients newly recovered and got discharged. 4 recently confirmed cases absconded to Senegal.
The country currently has no person in quarantine, 14 active cases and a crude case-fatality ratio of 3.3%.
Meanwhile, the Senegalese Ministry of Health reported 48 new cases bringing its total number of cases to 16, 075 positive cases, 15,597 recoveries and 333 deaths.
Pap Saine, Co-Founder of The Point Newspaper and RSF Correspondent in The Gambia, has said The Gambia has made significant progress in World Press Freedom ranking this year.
Press release
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Ivohasina Fizara Razafimahefa, Mission Chief for The Gambia, held discussions with the Gambian authorities during March 14–24, 2023, on the sixth review of The Gambia’s economic program supported by the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement.
A new immigration policy published in March this year by the UK Home Department is raising concerns that it would enforce removal of those with no rights to remain in the UK.
The University of The Gambia (UTG) has established a Centre of Excellence for Transitional Justice and Sustainable Peace. The Governing Council of the University approved the establishment of four (4) Centres of Excellence at its 14th Ordinary Meeting on 6th August 2022.
