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Gambia: Covid-19 - Gambia Registers 3 New Cases

[The Point] The Gambia has registered three new coronavirus cases according to the 206th national situation report since the confirmation of the first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in The Gambia, on the 16th March 2020.

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