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A first case of Covid-19 in the department of Kaffrine

Kaffrine, June 28 (APS) – The department of Kaffrine (center) has registered its first case of Covid-19, bringing to 5 the number of people infected throughout the region of the same name, learned the APS Sunday .

“This June 28, 2020, the Kaffrine medical region received a positive income levy. This is a case of community transmission. It is a male who comes from another region of the country. He is a traveler, ” said Kaffrine medical region chief doctor Dr Moustapha Diop, assuring him that this is a “simple” case.

This is the first case identified in the department of Kaffrine, according to Dr Diop, adding that the patient “is being taken care of by the health system”.

The Kaffrine region has counted to date five cases of Covid-19 recorded in Koungheul (03), Birkelane (01) and Kaffrine (01).

The first four patients of Covid-19 are now cured, so only one is currently on treatment.

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