COVID-19 pandemic in Chad
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Chad in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Chad | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Location | Chad |
| Index case | N’Djamena |
| Arrival date | 19 March 2020 (6 years, 3 months and 1 week) |
| Confirmed cases | 372 (as of 13 May)[1][2] |
| Active cases | 252 (as of 13 May)[1] |
| Recovered | 78 (as of 13 May)[1] |
Deaths | 42 (as of 13 May)[1] |
On 19 March, Chadian authorities reported their first case, a Moroccan passenger who flew from Douala.[3]
On 26 March, with three cases already reported, Chadian authorities reported two additional positive cases. The cases were a 48-year-old Chadian and a 55-year-old Cameroonian passenger on a 17 March Ethiopian Airlines flight from Dubai and Brussels, respectively, through Addis Ababa.
On 30 March, two more cases of COVID-19 were reported, a Chadian citizen from Douala and a Swiss citizen from Brussels.[4]
On 6 April, Chad recorded its first case of local contamination, a 31-year-old Chadian who was in contact with another Chadian who had diagnosed positive.[5]
COVID-19 Pandemic In Chad Media
The US delivers COVID-19 vaccines to Chad as part of the COVAX initiative in 2021
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Coronavirus in Africa tracker. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ Ministère de la Santé Publique du Tchad (in en). www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ↑ "Chad confirms first case of coronavirus: government statement". Reuters. 19 March 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-chad/chad-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-government-statement-idUSKBN2162LO. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ↑ Alwihda, Info. Tchad - COVID-19 : un tchadien et un suisse testés positifs (in fr). Alwihda Info - Actualités TCHAD, Afrique, International. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ Covid-19 : les autorités sanitaires confirment le 10e cas (in fr). Journal du Tchad. Retrieved 2020-04-11.