The Gambian health ministry said in a statement that the victim in his 70s came to the country from Senegal on Mar 13. The man died in the ambulance before arrival in the hospital on Friday, the ministry said. Sample was sent to the Medical Research Council and the results came out to be coronavirus positive on Sunday, it added. Public is hereby inform that a man in his 70s from Bangladesh tested positive of #COVID19. He was a visiting ‘marabout’ or Muslim Holy Man’, to Gambia, it reported.

Source: bd News24 March 23, 2020 17:48 UTC