By AdamaMakasuba
Gambia Action Party’s deputy secretary general has slammed government over the rise in coronavirus cases, saying it doesn’t come as a surprise to his party.
Omar Beyai made this comment in an interview with The Voice amid surge in coronavirus cases which now passed 3,000 cases with 97 deaths from March to date.
“The rise of the Gambia’s Covid-19 cases is not a surprise to the Gambia Action Party because of the government’s inaction to curb the spread of the virus. GAP would have introduced a robust approach to fight against Covid -19 in all parts of the country, “Mr Beyai said.
He however added that “In order to make Gambia free from this calamitous global disaster, a GAP led government would have conducted a mandatory national testing process across the country and gather all the victims for proper medical treatment and also sensitize proper social distancing, sanitary measures and the use of facial masks.”
Meanwhile, he said the authorities should have completely shut down the borders on the onset of the virus outbreak in the country to stop its proliferation.
But he proffered his party “would have controlled both the official and unofficial borders with the neighbouring Senegal and the international gateway to remain shut down until the world COVID-19 cases are better.”
