Five suspected COVID-19 cases tests negative

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The deputy director of health services Dr. Mustapha Bittaye has today in a press briefing informed press officers that five-laboratory new test results for suspected COVID-19 received from the MRC are all negative.

Dr. Bittaye stated that five additional individuals are taken to quarantine, saying among the newly quarantines, four snitch into the country and one was close contact to one of the recent confirmed case.

“Currently the country has six active cases and one probable case. Globally since 31 December 2019 to 14 April 2020, a total of two million four thousand nine hundred and ninety one cases of COVID-19 have been reported. 126, 830 deaths were registered and 485, 830 recovered.”

He added that Senegal has recorded 299 confirmed cases, 183 recovery and two deaths.

He confirmed that they are currently having 61 people on quarantine in one of the hotels within the greater Banjul area, while adding that a total of 298 suspected cases were tested and nine came out positive.

“254 people had completed quarantine, 241 contacts had been traced and 310 people completed follow up.”

He said daily coordination meetings are ongoing both the technical and the strategic level and decision has been reach to test all person in quarantine before discharge.

“For laboratory and surveillance, regular follow up of all person discharged from quarantine are ongoing. In term of case management, psychosocial support officers have been redeployed as regional rapid respond team to strengthen operations.”


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