Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday registered 60 positive cases bringing total number to 10,344 positive cases; 6,838 have recovered, 209 deaths, 3296 under treatment. Africa has registered 874,036 cases and 18,498 deaths. The world has 17,170,1446 registered positive and 669,321 deaths.
As part of measures to enhance social distancing amid coronavirus outbreak, the United Nation Development program (UNDP) in partnership with The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry GCCI) last Thursday donated a new 30-seater mini-bus worth over three million dalasis to The Gambia Prison Services (GPS).
The Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Saturday 25th July described the coronavirus outbreak in The Gambia as an exceptional crisis that warrants urgent attention from all actors in a bid to combat the pandemic.
The National Assembly Member (NAM) for Nianija Constituency, Hon. Amadou Camara has warned that the National Assembly will be held responsible if cases of covid-19 infections increase in The Gambia.
Banjul, 16th April 2020: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad is deeply concerned by reports it has received on the maltreatment of Africans, including Gambian nationals in Guangzhou, Guangdong Region, in China. According to the reports, Gambians and other African nationals have been subjected to forceful eviction, quarantine and multiple compulsory tests for the coronavirus by local authorities.
