The World Bank has approved a $10 million grant from the International Development Association for The Gambia to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic. The support comes as Gambia seeks support from the international community through UN agencies in Banjul to adequately control the spread of the virus in the country.[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…]
Coronavirus: Gambia’s COVID-19 Patients Make Full Recovery
Two Gambians who were hospitalised with coronavirus have been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery, the country’s health authorities have confirmed. One person still remains in hospital where further tests are being conducted. Earlier tests on the patient were inconclusive. According Dr Ahmadou Sanneh, minister of Health, the[Read More…]
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