Senegal's COVID-19 surge forces difficult Eid al-Adha decisions

On the whole, Senegal has been spared the levels of death and infection seen in other parts of the world, recording just 52,671 cases and 1,227 deaths during the pandemic, according to health ministry figures. But cases have soared in the past week, threatening to overwhelm health services just as Senegalese prepare to gather in extended families for the year's most anticipated feast. President Macky Sall threatened on Friday to close borders and impose a new state of emergency after the country broke its daily case record three times in a single week