By Fatou Camara
The people of Bakau on Sunday filled the town’s centre to get tested for the deadly coronavirus.
Two people at the weekend tested positive for coronavirus in Bakau prompting the ministry of health to act fast by way of mass testing.
“It is important for one to know his status, and if you are positive you can be treated earlier,” Lamin Dibba the councillor of Old Bakau Cape Point Ward told The Fatu Network at the community centre.
The mass testing saw health workers also use the town’s primary school where others went to, to get tested. The Fatu Network understands 366 people took the test as of Sunday.
The number of coronavirus cases in The Gambia stands at 17 following the confirmation of five new cases over the weekend. It was the biggest number of caes confirmed in a single day in the country.
