Senegal has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a tourist who attended a demonstration in the capital Dakar last month with about 300 people of varying nationalities, testing lab IRESSEF said on Sunday. The 58-year-old man was visiting from another West African country and[Read More…]
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Senegal Logs Zero New COVID-19 Cases For First Time Since Pandemic Began
Senegal recorded zero new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic began, the health ministry said. The West African country had its worst wave of coronavirus in July, when it was recording more than 1,000 new cases a day. The health ministry has registered 73,875 cases[Read More…]
Covid Fourth Wave In Seven African Countries
The fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic has been identified in seven African countries, the Africa Centers for Disease Control Prevention (Africa CDC) said. Currently, Algeria, Benin, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Somalia and Tunisia are battling with the fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the African CDC said in a statement on Friday.[Read More…]
France Donates 184,000 Astrazeneca Doses To Senegal Via COVAX
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…]
President Barrow Urges Gambians To Get Vaccinated
President Adama Barrow has encouraged all Gambians to be cooperative and supportive of the ongoing vaccination campaign to help combat the coronavirus pandemic in The Gambia. Mr Barrow made the remarks after receiving his second dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the State House on Wednesday. President Barrow stressed[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Gambia For All Party Concerned At Lack Of Political Seriousness
The opposition Gambia For All party (GFA) has expressed concern at the lack of political seriousness in addressing the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. Political tension is currently high in the small West African country after President Adama Barrow on Tuesday unilaterally declared a 21-day state of emergency without[Read More…]
Covid-19: Gambia’s Barrow Extends State Of Emergency
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Tuesday extended a state of emergency in the for a further 21 days, putting two fingers up at the country’s National Assembly that had earlier rejected his motion for an extension. Mr Barrow’s government failed to secure votes in the National Assembly required to[Read More…]
Senegal: Street Children Among Those Most At Risk For COVID-19
Liberia Declares Covid-19 State of Emergency
Liberian President George Manneh Weh has declared a three-week state of emergency beginning on April 10 as part of measures to curtail the further spread of coronavirus in the country. In a nationwide address that lasted for 15 minutes on Wednesday, President Weah said even though the country’s health team[Read More…]
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