Breaking news: Gambia’s coronavirus cases rise to 22 as man and woman quarantined following their return from Senegal test positive for disease

A man and a woman tested positive for coronavirus on Monday pushing the country’s total coronavirus cases to 22.

“As of today, we have registered two new confirmed laboratory cases bringing the total number of cases confirmed in the country to 22.

“Both newly confirmed cases, a male and a female have been in quarantine for recently returning to the country from Senegal,” top ministry of health official Buba Darboe told reporters in Banjul moments ago, on behalf of health minister Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh.