Senegal Records Five New Coronavirus Cases
Muslim worshippers attend a mass prayer against COVID-19, the new coronavirus, in Dakar on March 4, 2020, after two cases were confirmed in Senegal in the previous days. AFPSenegal announced five new cases of novel coronavirus Thursday, bringing the West African state’s total number to ten, and making it the worst affected country in the region.
The man, who is normally resident in Italy, had been in Senegal’s second-largest city Touba when he exhibited symptoms and visited a doctor, the health ministry said. The new coronavirus cases bring Senegal’s total number to ten, although the health ministry said two infected people have since recovered.
The city has some 1.5 million inhabitants, but it also attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year, who come to visit holy sites built in honour of the founders of the Mouride brotherhood.
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