On 2 March 2020, a 54-year-old man from France was confirmed to be the first case of coronavirus in Senegal,[1] living in the Almadies Arrondissement of Dakar, having been tested positive at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar.[1] He had travelled on Air Senegal on 29 February 2020.[1] Senegal became the second Sub-Saharan country to report confirmed cases after Nigeria.