France has donated 184,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine to Senegal through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, the programme’s sponsors said in a statement on Thursday. This is the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines Senegal has received through the global scheme, after an initial 324,000 AstraZeneca doses arrived in March.[Read More…]
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Senegal GDP Growth To Shrink To Less Than 3% Due To Coronavirus – President
Senegal’s economic growth will fall to less than 3% in 2020 from a forecast 6.8% because of the coronavirus, President Macky Sall said on Friday. “Our sustained economic growth over several years is being brutally curbed,” Sall said in a speech, adding that the West African country’s tourism industry would[Read More…]
Senegal President On Course For Strong Election Win: Media, Sources
(JollofNews) – Senegalese President Macky Sall is on course for a strong election victory, according to preliminary results from Sunday’s vote provided by local media and a source inside the electoral commission on Tuesday, though opposition candidates have rejected the numbers. Media website Dakaractu.com said that Sall had won over[Read More…]
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