{"id":81361,"date":"2020-07-01T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T02:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=81361"},"modified":"2020-07-01T10:48:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T02:48:52","slug":"covid-19-senegal-lifts-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=81361","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Senegal lifts state of emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdnuploads.aa.com.tr\/uploads\/Contents\/2020\/06\/30\/thumbs_b_c_2181f035683cd5a2533a96bacf594a83.jpg?v=065808\" alt=\"Nigeria, Senegal ease coronavirus restrictions\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> DAKAR, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Senegalese President Macky Sall said a state of emergency and nighttime curfew imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus will be lifted from Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a televised address, the president also announced the resumption of international flights from July 15 but under stringent safety measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sall warned that the country&#8217;s economic growth would slow from 6.8% to 1.1%, or even less, due to the impact of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged people to resume their normal activities to get the economy back on track. Civil servants will now work from 08:00 to 17:00 local time, but entertainment spots will remain closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure of public markets one day per week for cleaning will continue. Wearing face masks remains mandatory in public spaces, workplaces, public transport and shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president is himself under a two-week quarantine after he came into contact with an infected person. The quarantine ends next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has so far confirmed 6,698 cases and 108 deaths. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAKAR, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Senegalese President Macky Sall said a state of emergency and nighttime curfew imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus will be lifted from Tuesday. In a televised address, the president also announced the resumption of international flights from July 15 but under stringent safety measures. Sall warned that the country&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":81363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81361"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}