COVID-19-Pandemie in Lesotho
Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Current disaster Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:EngvarB Vorlage:Infobox pandemic Vorlage:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic sidebar This article documents countries in Africa affected by the coronavirus responsible for the 2019–20 pandemic first recorded in Wuhan, China, and may not include all the most recent responses and measures taken.
Daily confirmed cases
Confirmed case by country
Daily cases for the most infected African countries as of 18 March 2020:
Confirmed cases by country
Algeria
On 25 February, the first case in the country was discovered. On the morning of 2 March, Algeria confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus, a woman and her daughter.[1]
On the afternoon of 3 March, Algeria reported another two new cases of the coronavirus, a state news agency said quoting a statement from the health ministry. The statement added that the two new cases are from the same family, a father and daughter, and were living in France, adding that there's an investigation to determine the identities of the people who were in contact with them.[2]
On 4 March, the Ministry of Health recorded 4 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, all from the same family, bringing the total number to 12 confirmed cases.[3]
Angola
On 19 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[4] Effective 20 March, all Angolan borders have been closed for 15 days.[5]
Benin
On 16 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[6]
Burkina Faso
On 9 March, the first two cases in the country were reported in Burkina Faso.[7]
On 13 March, the third case was also confirmed, a person who had had direct contact with the first two cases.[8]
As of March 14, 2020, a total of 7 cases have been confirmed in the country. 5 of the new confirmed cases had had direct contact with the first two cases. 1 is an English national employed at a gold mine in the country who vacationed in Liverpool and came back on March 10, transiting through Vancouver and Paris .[9]
Cameroon
On 6 March the first case was confirmed in Cameroon.[10]
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[11]
Chad
On 19 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[12]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 10 March, the first case was reported in the country.[13]
Republic of the Congo
The country's first case was announced on 14 March, a 50-year-old man who returned to the Republic of the Congo from Paris, France.[14]
Djibouti
On 18 March, the first case in Djibouti was confirmed.[15]
Egypt
Egypt's health ministry announced the first case in the country at Cairo International Airport involving a Chinese national on 14 February.[16][17]
On 6 March, the Egyptian Health Ministry and WHO confirmed 12 new cases of coronavirus infection.[18] The infected persons were among the Egyptian staff aboard the Nile cruise ship MS River Anuket, which was travelling from Aswan to Luxor. On 7 March 2020, health authorities announced that 45 people on board had tested positive, and that the ship had been placed in quarantine at a dock in Luxor.[19]
Equatorial Guinea
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[20]
eSwatini
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[21]
Ethiopia
The country's first case was announced on 13 March, a Japanese man who had arrived in the country on 4 March from Burkina Faso.[22] Three additional cases of the virus were reported on 15 March 15. The three individuals had close contact with the person who was reported to be infected by the virus on 13 March 13. Since then five more confirmed cases were reported by the health ministry to the public, bringing the total to nine.[23]
France
Mayotte
Réunion
Gabon
The country's first case was announced on 12 March, a 27 year old Gabonese man who returned to Gabon from France, 4 days prior to confirmation of the coronavirus.[24]
Gambia
The Gambia reported its first case of coronavirus from a 20 year old woman who returned from the United Kingdom on 17 March.[25]
Ghana
Ghana reported its first two cases on 12 March. The two cases were people who came back to the country from Norway and Turkey, with the contact tracing process beginning.[26][27]
On 11 March, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, made the cedi equivalent of $100 million available to enhance Ghana's coronavirus preparedness and response plan. Five more cases confirmed as of 17 March. On 19th March, the Health Minister on his Twitter page tweet that two more cases were confirmed during the overnight counting the total confirmed cases to nine (9) as at 9:00GMT. The health minister said the two cases were all imported cases. In the afternoon, the confirmed cases increased from 9 to 11 after a test of a 58 year old Ghanaian woman who is a resident of Kumasi had returned from UK some weeks ago. And the other patient a 61year old Lebanese and a resident of Kumasi showed symptoms of the novel coronavirus and were tested positive. On 20th March, the Minister for information together with the health minister announced that the country has recorded a new 5 COVID 19 virus cases of which 3 of these patients showed no travel history while the other 2 returned from Paris, France and Amsterdam making a total of confirmed cases moved up to 16. - From Adu Amofa Kumasi
Guinea
On 13 March, an employee of the European Union delegation in Guinea tested positive for coronavirus, a delegation spokesman said on Friday. This is Guinea's first confirmed case of the virus. [28]
Ivory Coast
On 11 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[29]
Kenya
On 13 March, the first case in Kenya was confirmed, a woman who came from the US via London.[30]
As of 18 March, there are 7 confirmed cases reported by the government.
Liberia
On 16 March, the first case in Liberia was confirmed.[31][32]
Madagascar
On 20 March, the three first cases were confirmed in Madagascar. All were women.[33]
Mauritania
On 13 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[34]
Mauritius
On 19 March, the first three cases in the country were confirmed.[35]
Morocco
On 2 March, Morocco recorded its first case of COVID-19. It was a Moroccan national residing in Italy who had returned to Morocco.[36]
Namibia
On 14 March, the first two cases in the country were confirmed.[37] In a first reaction by government air travel to and from Qatar, Ethiopia and Germany was suspended for 30 days. All public and private schools are also closed for a month, and gatherings are restricted to fewer than 50 people. This includes celebrations for the 30th anniversary of Namibian independence that takes place on 21 March.[38] Libraries, museums, and art galleries were also closed. [39]
On 17 March, President Hage Geingob declared a state of emergency.[40]
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) confirmed a third case of COVID-19 on the 19th of March 2020. A 61-year-old German citizen, who arrived in Namibia on 13 March, remains in isolation and is in stable condition. The MoHSS said it is actively following up with all contacts of this person to ensure proper quarantine and monitoring for symptoms.
Niger
Niger confirmed its first case on 19 March 2020.[41]
Nigeria
On 27 February, Nigeria confirmed its first case, the first case of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.[42][43] An Italian citizen who works in Nigeria had returned on 25 February from Milan, Italy through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, fell ill on 26 February and was transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing.[44][45][46] The test was confirmed positive by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.[47] He was transferred to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.[46] On 28 February, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health announced that the Italian man had travelled on Turkish Airlines with a brief transit at Istanbul.[48] As of 6 March, a total of 219 primary and secondary contacts of the index case had been identified and were being actively monitored.[49]
Rwanda
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[50]
Senegal
On 2 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[51]
Seychelles
Seychelles reported its first two cases on 14 March. The two cases were people who were in contact with someone in Italy who tested positive.[52]
Spain (Canary Islands)
Somalia
On 16 March, the first case in Somalia was confirmed.[32] Somalia's Health Ministry reported that a Somali citizen was returning home from China.[53]
South Africa
On 5 March the first confirmed case was announced, returning from Italy[54] On 15 March 2020, South Africa declared a national state of disaster.[32]
Sudan
The country's first case was announced on 13 March, a man who died in Khartoum on 12 March. He had visited the United Arab Emirates in the first week of March., later it was revealed that the man died because of malaria not Covid-19.[55]
Tanzania
On 16 March, the first case was confirmed.[32]
Togo
On 6 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[56]
Tunisia
On 2 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[57][58]
As of 20 March, there are 54 confirmed cases.
Zambia
Zambia reported its first 2 cases of COVID-19 on 18 March. The patients were a couple that had travelled to France on holiday.[59] As of 17 March, the government has shut all educational institutions and put in place some restrictions on foreign travel.[60]
Zimbabwe
Before there were any confirmed cases in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa had declared a national emergency, putting in place travel restrictions and banning large gatherings.[61][62] The country's defence minister Oppah Muchinguri caused controversy by stating the coronavirus could be a divine punishment on Western nations for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe.[63]
Zimbabwe saw its first death on 20 March, a man who lived in Victoria Falls, and travelled back from the UK via South Africa on 15 March.[64]
Suspected cases
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
On 16 March three people who arrived by air to Ascension Island showed symptoms of Corona.[65] There is no test equipment on the island but these are isolated at home for 14 days.
On 17 March all travel by air to the Saint Helena island was banned, except for island citizens or residents and similar cases.[66] There were no known cases on Saint Helena at this time.[67]
Prevention in other countries
Botswana
As of 17 March there have been no reported cases in Botswana. As a precautionary measure the government has banned gatherings of more than 50 people and the entry of people from countries deemed high-risk.[68][69]
Burundi
As of 17 March there have been no reported cases in the country. As a preventative measure, the government has instituted 14-day quarantining for people entering Burundi from affected countries.[70][71]
Comoros
As of 20 March there have been no reported cases in Comoros. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, the government has put in place various travel restrictions and quarantining measures.[72]
Eritrea
As of 17 March Eritrea has no coronavirus cases. As a precautionary measure the government has urged people not to travel to or from the country, and will be quarantining any incoming travellers who have recently been in China, Italy, South Korea or Iran.[73]
Lesotho
As of 19 March there have been no reported cases in Lesotho, but the country doesn't have the ability to test for the virus.[74] In order to prevent the spread of the virus the government has closed its border with South Africa.[75] On March 18, the government declared a national emergency despite having no confirmed cases, and closed schools until April 17 (but allowed school meals to continue). Arriving travelers were to be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival.[74]
Libya
As of 17 March there have been no reported cases in Libya. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, the UN-recognised Government of National Accord has closed the country's borders, suspended flights for three weeks and banned foreign nationals from entering the country; schools, cafes, mosques and public gatherings have also been closed.[76]
Malawi
As of 20 March, Malawi has had no cases of the coronavirus. Little attention is paid to the pandemic in the run-up to elections on 30 May. " ... the politicians are focusing more on their political survival".[77]
Mali
As of 20 March there have been no reported cases in Mali. As a preventative measure, on 18 March President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita suspended flights from affected countries, closed schools and banned large public gatherings.[78] However planned elections in March-April, which have already been postponed several times due to the poor security situation in the country, will still go ahead as planned.[79]
São Tomé and Príncipe
As of 20 March there have been no reported cases in São Tomé and Príncipe. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, the government has put in place various travel restrictions and quarantining measures.[80]
Sierra Leone
As of 18 March there have been no reported cases. On 16 March the government banned public officials from travelling abroad, and urged citizens to avoid foreign travel.[81][82] Quarantine measures are in place for all visitors arriving from countries with more than 50 cases.[83] Public gatherings of more than 100 people have also been banned.[84]
South Sudan
As of 17 March there have been no reported cases in South Sudan. On 16 March President Salva Kiir announced a temporary ban on all social and other large gatherings, restrictions on foreign travel, and a 14-day quarantine for all visitors entering the country.[85][86]
Uganda
As of 18 March there have been no reported cases in Uganda. As a precautionary measure, on 18 March President Yoweri Museveni banned all incoming and outgoing travel to specified highly-affected countries for a period of 32 days.[87] Schools have been closed and public gatherings banned.[88]
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Vorlage:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
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