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Comment #3968

2020-03-30T03:08:10Z

So far, Gambia has 4 cases, including one death. All had come from other countries. Flights from Europe stopped 10 days ago and now the airport is completely closed. Bademba almost got stranded in Nigeria, where he had been sent to a training workshop. (so he's now in a 14-day at-home quarantine.) There's no way to completely close the border with Senegal. The government is pushing social distancing with videos in a variety of local languages, but it's not clear how much effect that will have in rural areas.

Comment #3967

2020-03-27T21:06:47Z

I'm afraid it might be too late. I got an e-mail from the director of Medair, a relief organization we support. He wrote how their team in the DR Congo had just celebrated releasing their last Ebola patient--a few days before the first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported for the country. Their advantage will be that they are used to plagues.

Comment #3966

2020-03-25T15:26:10Z

How is the Gambia doing? We need to get this thing under control before it sweeps through the countries whose medical facilities are overstressed in the best of times.

Comment #3965

2020-03-25T15:20:28Z

I don't know "at sixes and nines," but I grew up with "at sixes and sevens."

I'm pretty frazzled too, trying to teach my classes online and getting many messages from Gambian friends who are worried about me.

Comment #3964

2020-03-24T12:55:40Z

And I'd never heard of "at sixes and nines," so I've learned something, too.

Comment #3963

2020-03-24T12:05:51Z

The unintended consequence of this post is that I now understand that "at sixes and sevens" and "at sixes and nines" are not precisely synonymous. So, thank you!