Senegal reports 2 new COVID-19 cases

Barriers are set up to stop worshippers from entering a mosque in Dakar, Senegal, on March 20, 2020. Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action Abdoulaye Sarr announced Friday evening that nine new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been detected in Senegal. So far, Senegal has reported 47 cases of COVID-19. Five patients have been declared cured by local health authorities. (Photo by Eddy Peters/Xinhua)