Gambia traced 71 contacts of newly confirmed cases

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The acting Director of Health Services Dr. Mustapha Bittaye has today in a press briefing told journalists that they have traced 71 contacts of newly confirmed cases.

Dr. Bittaye added that 29 laboratory samples have been collected and send for processing.
He added that second confinement of donated laboratory consumable from jack ma foundation has been received.

“Samples for the repeat test for the six of the active cases will be taking for testing to ascertain recovery status.”

He explained that five people have been discharged from quarantine upon completion of their mandatory quarantine and testing, affirming that they tested negative before released.

“A total of 71 contacts of newly confirmed cases have been traced. Currently the country has 90 people under quarantine and seven active cases and there is no probable case.

A total of 332 tests were conducted and 10 were positive. 261 people completed quarantine, 373 contacts traced and 310 completed follow up.”

He said there have been daily coordination meetings at both the strategic and the technical level.

Regarding their next steps, he highlighted that department of social welfare and other actors will work on the modality of receiving Quranic students returning from Senegal to expand testing criteria to test more people from all region; conduct more step down training at regional and facility level; strengthen the rapid respond team and contact tracing team in all regional; encourage public reporting and self reporting of suspected cases through the toll free line 1025.

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