Dr Ismaila Ceesay on 20 March together with Youths of West Coast for Empowerment and Development distributed buckets with detergents for hand washing and sensitised the public on COVID-19 in an attempt to contain the spread of the infection.
“The COVID-19 crisis will have an impact on every sector of our society. The Gambia Government should establish a Crisis Management Team to carrry out a comprehensive assessment of the medium to long-term implications on education, economy, business & develop mitigation strategies,” Dr Ceesay tweeted.
He added that the pandemic will greatly affect the already struggling economy and urged government to launch a Crisis Fund to support Small and Medium Size Enterprises.
Coronavirus is an on going pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019 and was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. As of 19 March, more than 277, 000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in over 185 countries and territories, resulting in more than 11, 300 deaths and 91,000 recoveries.
Weeks after neighboring Senegal announced its first case of the Coronavirus, The Gambia announced its first and only confirmed case on 17 March. The country is yet to register any new cases since.
