Quinquagenarian Gambian man from France is country’s forth COVID-19 patient

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By BABOUCARR CEESAY

A quinquagenarian Gambian man who came from France on March 15, 2020 by Royal Air Maroc is the country’s number four confirmed COVID-19 positive, according to the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

The Minster of Health said the man arrived in the country from France by Royal Air Maroc, fight number 8579 on the 15th of March 2020.

The Health Minster, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh said the patient who is in his 50s was in the same fight with the first person who contracted the disease, but they departed from different countries and his issue was reported by the Rapid Response Team (RRT) through the national COVID-19 hotline 1025.

He added that man was confirmed positive for the pandemic 28th March 2020 after a sample was collected from him.

The health minister further said that sixteen of the patient’s close contacts have been place under quarantine and plans are underway to have their samples collected for COVID-19 testing.

Dr Samateh disclosed that they have a new probable case that has been reported as the laboratory result of one of the contacts recently came out inconclusive, stating that a repeated test from the probable case will be taken and tested in a couple of days to conclusively determine whether it could be COVID-19 or not.