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…]
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Coronavirus: Gambia’s Only Testing Centre Not Open To Walk-In Requests
The Gambia’s only testing centre for the coronavirus is advising people with symptoms of the disease not to walk into its unit in Fajara. The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said COVID19 testing in the country is facilitated by its[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Hunt For Escaped Quarantine Passengers Underway In Gambia
Authorities in the Gambia are trying to trace 14 people who walked out of a local hotel where they were being quarantined. The passengers arrived in the country Wednesday from the United Kingdom on a Gambia flight and were immediately put on quarantine at the Golden Beach Hotel. Momodou Njai,[Read More…]
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