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Updated: April 16, 2020

COVID-19: Flight Ban In Senegal Extended Until May 31

By Kindness Udoh
April 16, 2020
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Senegal has extended the suspension on all flights both to and from its airports until 31 May in a bid to contain the growing coronavirus pandemic, this was disclosed by the Minister of Transport, Alioune Sarr, AFP reports.

The details of the disclosure of the date of the suspension, announced on Twitter, were sparse.

Senegal halted all passenger flights, except cargo businesses, under a suspension that took effect mid-March.

The suspension originally applied to countries like France, Italy, Spain and a number of other countries in Europe and North Africa before it became a blanket suspension.

Senegal’s official tally of coronavirus cases stands at more than 300, two of them fatal.

The authorities have closed schools, imposed a night-time curfew and banned travel between cities in a bid to stem the spread of the virus, but not implemented a lockdown.