President Adama Barrow has imposed a new 21-day curfew on the nation amid the expiry of a three-week curfew that he had imposed on the country earlier this month.
A statement by government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh on Thursday said nightly curfew from 10pm to 5am daily remains in place throughout The Gambia.
“Persons on official COVID-19 duties, ambulances and public officials on essential assignments are exempted from the curfew. Anyone who violates the curfew commits an offence and is liable to a fine of Five Thousand Gambian Dalasi (D5,000) or in default of payment be ordered to undergo community service of cleaning public markets for a period of one week in the area he or she committed the offence,” the statement said of the move which forms part of a new state of emergency declared by the president
