Two teenagers have tested positive for coronavirus as the total number of cases of the disease in the country rose to 57 Saturday.
The ministry of health in its 94th situation report on Saturday said: “Case 056 is a Gambian, 19, who was taken into quarantine on the 27th June on his return from Senegal. He is epi-linked to Case 049 (travel companions from Senegal).
“He initially tested inconclusive (probable) on June 29th at the commencement of his mandatory quarantine period.
“He was resampled on July 02nd and tested positive for COVID-19 on July 03rd.
“Case 057 is a Senegalese, 15, who entered the country (through Amdalai Border Post) on the 20th June and was taken into quarantine on the same day.
“His sample was collected on the 02nd July and he tested positive for COVID-19 on 3rd July.”
