IEC announces May 29 as voter registration date
Mar 23, 2021, 12:28 PM
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced that it will conduct a general registration of voters from 29 May 2021 to 11 July 2021.
Out of this total, The Gambia has recorded one death so far.
According to the release from the Ministry of Health, all the four new cases were under quarantine on account of recent travels to an affected country. Three of the confirmed cases were linked to travelling companions.
“Thirty-three laboratory tests received from the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) (32 new and 1 repeat tests). Of these, while 28 returned negative, 4 tested positives for covid-19 and the only repeat test came out inconclusive,” the Health Ministry stated.
Meanwhile, the Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday reported 74 positive cases of covid-19, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 5,247; 70 deaths, 22 in critical condition, 3,525 recovered and 1,651 hospitalised.
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