By Lamin Njie
The health minister of Senegal Abdoulaye Diouf has told reporters a patient has indeed test positive for Coronavirus.
“We would like to ask that you do not panic because you can put your trust in the Senegalese health system,” Mr Diouf told reporters Monday afternoon as he confirmed that a man tested positive for Coronavirus.
A first case of Coronavirus (Covid-19) was confirmed in Senegal on Monday, local media had earlier reported, adding it pertains to a Frenchman living in Almadies.
The man is now at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar after travelling to Senegal from France on Saturday via Air Senegal, IGFM reported, adding the health ministry of Senegal was trying to get the flight’s detail in a bid to track everyone who travelled alongside the Frenchman in a flight which landed at Blaise Diagne International Airport.
It comes as President Macky Sall Monday morning called an emergency meeting to discuss the Coronavirus which has killed over 3,000 people worldwide.
Senegal is now said to be the fourth African country after Algeria, Egypt and Nigeria to confirm Coronavirus.
