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COVID-19 Kills Five People

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Monday 30th August 2021 recorded five (5) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to three hundred and nineteen (319). The...

Health Ministry to Commence Online Issuance of COVID-19 Test Certificates

By Nelson Manneh Following the launch of an online portal that enables travellers leaving The Gambia access their certified test results, the Ministry of Health...

Health Ministry Starts Mass Spraying Exercise amid Invasion of City by...

By Ndey Sowe The Gambia’s Health Ministry has started a mass spraying and fogging exercise in Banjul in order to ensure the safety and welfare...

Save Yourself And Others From Covid-19

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and the number of Covid-19 related deaths keep rising at an alarming rate. Yesterday, ten deaths were announced....

Gambia Registers Ten COVID 19 Related Deaths

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Wednesday 25th August registered ten (10) COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to three hundred and eleven (311). The newly confirmed...

Gov’t to Distribute 80 Ambulances to All Constituencies in Coming Weeks

President Adama Barrow has announced that the government will distribute 80 ambulances to all constituencies in the coming weeks. He made the announcement during a...

Sukuta Health Centre Starts Administering Second Dose of Sinopharm Vaccine

By Nelson Manneh Sukuta Health Centre has on Monday 23rd August 2021 commenced administering the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to people. The Ministry of Health in a press...

Gambia Registers Five COVID-19 Related Deaths

 By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered five (5) COVID-19-related deaths registered, bringing the total number to three hundred and one (301). The...

Association Donates Hospital Equipment to Yorobawol Health Centre

By Lamin Fatty Yorobawol Health Centre has once again received hospital equipment from True Friends Association of Nyakoi Sutukonding. The presentation was held at the Sutukonding Bantaba in...

Gambia Receives 38,400 Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine From French Government

By Nelson Manneh The Government of the Gambia has on Sunday 22nd August 2021 received 38,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the French government. The Gambia...

Gambia: Administration of Second Dose of Sinopharm Vaccine Set to Commence...

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Health has in a press release issued on Saturday 21st August 2021, said the administration of the second dose of...

Thirty-five COVID-19 Patients are currently on Oxygen Therapy

By Nelson Manneh Health Authorities have on Wednesday 18th August 2021 indicated that thirty-five (35) COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen therapy. The Gambia on the same day...

Health Authorities Declare Polio Virus Type 2 Outbreak As National Public...

As two environmental samples collected from sewage sites tested positive for poliovirus By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Health Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has on Wednesday...

29-Year-Old Man Seeks Assistance for Overseas Medical Treatment

By Nelson Manneh A 29-year-old man residing in Bundung in Kanifing Municipality is seeking financial assistance for him to go abroad for medical treatment. Demba Baldeh,...

Gambia Registers Eight New COVID-19 Deaths, 122 New Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered eight new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to two hundred and seventy-one (271). The decedents’ ages...

Finance Minister: Vaccinating Our Populace Remains A Critical Foundation In Recovery...

By: Kebba AF Touray Mamburay Njie, the Gambia’s Finance Minister, has said that vaccinating the populace remains a critical foundation in the country’s recovery agenda. Minister...

Health Ministry: 18%, 5% & 12% of children (5 years of...

By Nelson Manneh A Senior Program Officer at the Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday 18%, 5% & 12% of children (5 years of age)...

69-Year-Old Seeks Assistance for Overseas Eye Operation

By Nelson Manneh Sankung Camara, a 69-year-old man residing in Ebo-town, Kanifing Municipality, is seeking assistance in order to facilitate his overseas treatment (eye operation). Mr....

Health Ministry Launches Online Platform To Enable Travellers Access Test...

By Ndey Sowe The Ministry of Health has issued a press release on Monday informing the public that it has launched an online platform that...

Four New COVID-19 Related Deaths Registered, 98 New Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia over the weekend registered four (4) new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020 to...