Senegal’s President Macky Sall fired his health minister on Thursday as his country mourned the death of 11 newborn babies in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit.
WORLD / AFRICA By Xinhua Published: Feb 24, 2021 08:19 AM
Former Senegalese Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegalese General Director of Health, Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye, is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegalese epidemiologist Moussa Seydi is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegal on Tuesday officially began the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination, taking a new step in the crusade against the pandemic.