A third person in the Gambia has tested positive of coronavirus. Authorities said an unnamed male who travelled to the country from France on 17th March and was living in the Upper River Region of the country tested positive of the disease on Monday. The male was said to have[Read More…]
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Coronavirus: 3 MRC Staff In Self-Isolation After Contact With Late Islamic Preacher
Three staff members of the Medical Research Council at the Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital (BMCHH) are in self-isolation after coming into contact with an Islamic preacher who died of the coronavirus. The unnamed 70-year-old Islamic preacher arrived in the Gambia from Senegal on 13th March and was residing[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Gambia Confirms First Death
A 70-year-old Bangladeshi Tablighi Jama‘at (preacher) has become the first person to die from coronavirus in the Gambia, health officials have confirmed. The man who has not been named, arrived in the country from Senegal on 13th March 2020 and was residing at the Markaz Islamic Centre in Bundungka Kunda,[Read More…]