People still move freely despite border closure
Jun 23, 2020, 12:58 PM
Despite the closure of all Gambian border entry points, people still move freely between The Gambia and Senegal.
Sources emanating from the from the Ministry of Health have confirmed that The Gambia has two new cases of covid-19,bringing the country's total number of infection to 63
The two patients were a Gambia male, age, 60, who has just returned from Senegal and a Norwegian female, age,60,who arrived with the SN Brussels on 3 july 2020
Senegal confirms 110 new covid-19 cases
The Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday reported 110 positive cases of covid-19, bringing the country’s total infections to 7,657 with 5,097 recovered and 2,418 under treatment.
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