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By Assan Sallah.
A quarantine escapee who arrived in the Gambia via SN Brussels airline on Monday night, has surrendered himself on Tuesday evening to the health authorities in Banjul, The Digest News has learnt.
The said escapee was among four people who had earlier escaped from quarantine and were being searched by the authorities. The Ministry of Health had on Tuesday evening announced that four passengers out of the One Hundred Forty (140) who arrived in the country on the 22nd June 2020 with the SN Brussels flight escaped from quarantine.
Heath authorities further stated that out of the four (4) escapees, one (1) surrendered himself to the health authorities. The second fugitive was reported by a neighbour and subsequently picked up together with her boyfriend who smuggled her while logistic arrangements were in progress.
A senior health official at the Ministry of Health confirmed the story.