By Lamin Njie
A first case of Coronavirus (Covid-19) was confirmed in Senegal on Monday, local media have reported.
Several Senegalese media including IGFM reported on Monday a Frenchman living in Almadies has tested positive to Coronavirus.
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.
