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…]