COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal
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| 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Senegal | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Senegal |
| First outbreak | France |
| Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 4 |
| Recovered | 1 |
Deaths | 0 |
This article documents the impacts of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in Senegal, and may not include all the contemporary major responses and measures.
Timeline
On 2 March 2020, a 54-year-old man from France was confirmed to be the first case of coronavirus in Senegal,[1] living in the Almadies Arrondissement of Dakar, having been tested positive at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar.[1] He had travelled on Air Senegal on 29 February 2020.[1] Senegal became the second Sub-Saharan country to report confirmed cases after Nigeria.