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Senegal registers 94 new cases of covid-19

Jun 2, 2020, 11:51 AM

The Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday reported 94 positive cases of covid-19, which brings the country’s total infection to 3,739 positive cases, 1,858 recovered, 42 deaths and 1,838 under treatment.

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Stop v2
Cross border continues around Kerr Jaing despite closure
Apr 29, 2020, 11:56 AM

Information has reached to The Point that despite the official closure of The Gambia’s borders with neighbouring Senegal, many still continue travelling through Kerr Jaing village in the Lower Niumi District to get in and out of the two countries.

UNICEF
UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end, as part of efforts to prepare for eventual COVID-19 vaccinations
Oct 20, 2020, 10:48 AM

NEW YORK, 19 October 2020 – As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual vaccine by purchasing and pre-positioning syringes and other necessary equipment.

Senegalese troops
Army says Senegalese troops mistakenly enter Gambian territory
May 22, 2020, 12:25 PM

The community of Sare Omar village in the Lower River Region (LRR), has informed the Gambian Armed Forces who were deployed at the village that the Senegalese troops claimed they had mistakenly entered Gambian territory while on patrol.

Kankurang Festival
Minister Bah harps on significance of Gambia’s cultural heritage at Kankurang Festival
Feb 2, 2021, 12:52 PM

In great ambience at the historical island of McCarthy where sons, daughters and friends of the island gathered to celebrate the 4th edition of the Janjangbureh Kankurang Festival, the Minister of Tourism and Culture reminded the gathering of the importance of the Gambia’s cultural heritage for national development as espoused in the NDP.