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Senegal TV uses soap to fight coronavirus | Malay Mail

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DAKAR, May 25 — Senegal's latest TV drama star is a fictional doctor who provides coronavirus advice — a far cry from characters in the West African country's usual fare of infidelity-themed soap operas. Since late April, a short television show in the Wolof language dubbed The Virus, has aired...

Mohamed Moustapha Kante, director of the television show 'The Virus,' poses for a portrait in Dakar. — AFP pic

“We wanted to make five- to eight-minute TV films to show what to do and what not to do to avoid the coronavirus,” said the programme's director, Mohamed Moustapha Kante. Senegalese authorities have recorded some 1,200 coronavirus cases to date, with 33 fatalities, a low number compared to Europe and the United States.

 

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