Health ministry uses word ‘pleased’ during announcement of new coronavirus case

The health ministry today said it was pleased to inform members of the public that a new coronavirus case has been registered.

“In the area of surveillance and laboratory, we’re pleased to inform that one new laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded. All but one of the 22 laboratory test results received returned negative for COVID-19,” senior health ministry official Sanjally Trawally while briefing members of the press in Banjul on Monday said.

The country’s coronavirus cases have now risen to 24, the latest case since profiled as a 47-year-old man from Guinea Bissau.