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Updated January 27, 2021
PHOTO USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORY: A medical worker wearing protective equipment puts on her gloves on the balcony of the nursing house on November 16, 2020, in Prague. PHOTO: Michal Cizek / AFP
The Gambia’s health ministry has threatened to publicly name COVID-19 cases that flout health rules, warning of “drastic consequences” for virus miscreants.
Between January 20 and 25, 40 people who had tested positive for coronavirus either absconded from treatment centres or refused to go into isolation, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Travellers arriving in the West African state have also evaded health controls.
The ministry urged the rule-breakers to report to the country’s health services, warning that it would publish their identities otherwise.