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| − | * 23 March 2020: 9 new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number to 12 confirmed cases. State of Health Emergency is declared for 15 days, to be reevaluated as the situation evolves. Affected regions are [[Antananarivo] and [[Tamatave]]. Stop of public transport and confinement of the people in these provinces is announced along with a curfew between 8pm and 5am. Transport to and from affected areas limited to health professionals and other essential personnel including press organisations. Transport of goods are exempt. Health controls placed outside the capital and around major cities of the country. Tracking of all passengers having arrived in Madagascar since 14th March begins. Meanwhile, rumors of a Malagasy air passenger having arrived in Antalaha on a flight from France to Tana with infected passengers raise fear across the SAVA region where offices and other businesses in [[Antalaha]], [[Sambava]], [[Andapa]] and [[Vohemar]] to close. Banks, supermarkets and other essential services remain open with banks letting one customer in at the time. | + | * 23 March 2020: 9 new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number to 12 confirmed cases. State of Health Emergency is declared for 15 days, to be reevaluated as the situation evolves. Affected regions are [[Antananarivo]] and [[Tamatave]]. Stop of public transport and confinement of the people in these provinces is announced along with a curfew between 8pm and 5am. Transport to and from affected areas limited to health professionals and other essential personnel including press organisations. Transport of goods are exempt. Health controls placed outside the capital and around major cities of the country. Tracking of all passengers having arrived in Madagascar since 14th March begins. Meanwhile, rumors of a Malagasy air passenger having arrived in Antalaha on a flight from France to Tana with infected passengers raise fear across the SAVA region where offices and other businesses in [[Antalaha]], [[Sambava]], [[Andapa]] and [[Vohemar]] to close. Banks, supermarkets and other essential services remain open with banks letting one customer in at the time. |
* 21 March 2020: Three cases of Coronavirus infected passengers were detected arriving on three separate flights on 17th, 18th and 19th March from France, with one of the infected passing through Mauritius. These passengers are in treatment and all passengers on the same flights in quarantine. Schools around the country have been ordered to suspend lessons for 14 days. | * 21 March 2020: Three cases of Coronavirus infected passengers were detected arriving on three separate flights on 17th, 18th and 19th March from France, with one of the infected passing through Mauritius. These passengers are in treatment and all passengers on the same flights in quarantine. Schools around the country have been ordered to suspend lessons for 14 days. | ||
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* 20 March 2020: Madagascar closes its borders for incoming and outgoing passenger air travel. Hotels on [[Nosy Be]] close and many hotel workers lost their jobs, resulting in a wave of crime and security problems on the island which normally rely on tourism. The situation is tense. Meanwhile the Tourism Minister announces to a group of hotel operators during a meeting on the island that the travel ban will be for 90 days, previously reported 30 days in media. | * 20 March 2020: Madagascar closes its borders for incoming and outgoing passenger air travel. Hotels on [[Nosy Be]] close and many hotel workers lost their jobs, resulting in a wave of crime and security problems on the island which normally rely on tourism. The situation is tense. Meanwhile the Tourism Minister announces to a group of hotel operators during a meeting on the island that the travel ban will be for 90 days, previously reported 30 days in media. | ||
Revision as of 18:38, 23 March 2020
- 23 March 2020: 9 new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number to 12 confirmed cases. State of Health Emergency is declared for 15 days, to be reevaluated as the situation evolves. Affected regions are Antananarivo and Tamatave. Stop of public transport and confinement of the people in these provinces is announced along with a curfew between 8pm and 5am. Transport to and from affected areas limited to health professionals and other essential personnel including press organisations. Transport of goods are exempt. Health controls placed outside the capital and around major cities of the country. Tracking of all passengers having arrived in Madagascar since 14th March begins. Meanwhile, rumors of a Malagasy air passenger having arrived in Antalaha on a flight from France to Tana with infected passengers raise fear across the SAVA region where offices and other businesses in Antalaha, Sambava, Andapa and Vohemar to close. Banks, supermarkets and other essential services remain open with banks letting one customer in at the time.
- 21 March 2020: Three cases of Coronavirus infected passengers were detected arriving on three separate flights on 17th, 18th and 19th March from France, with one of the infected passing through Mauritius. These passengers are in treatment and all passengers on the same flights in quarantine. Schools around the country have been ordered to suspend lessons for 14 days.
- 20 March 2020: Madagascar closes its borders for incoming and outgoing passenger air travel. Hotels on Nosy Be close and many hotel workers lost their jobs, resulting in a wave of crime and security problems on the island which normally rely on tourism. The situation is tense. Meanwhile the Tourism Minister announces to a group of hotel operators during a meeting on the island that the travel ban will be for 90 days, previously reported 30 days in media.
Additional information
- 23 March: 9 nouveaux cas de Coronavirus : Confinement total et couvre feu pour Tana et Tamatave (English)
- 21 March: Déclaration d’Andry Rajoelina : 3 passagères malgaches contaminées par le Coronavirus Midi Madagasikara 21 March 2020 (English)
- https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd - World Health Organisation's world map of confirmed COVID-19 Coronavirus cases.
- Drivers of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among rural populations in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study - BMC Public Health
- 17-Oct-2024 07:00
- Analysis of chlorhexidine, antibiotics and bacterial community composition in water environments from Brazil, Cameroon and Madagascar during the COVID-19 pandemic - ScienceDirect.com
- 01-Jul-2024 07:00
- COVID-organics: Madagascar launches Africa's first cure for virus - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Spatial Markov matrices for measuring the spatial dependencies of an epidemiological spread : case Covid’19 Madagascar - BMC Public Health
- 19-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar produces 'folk medicine' against coronavirus, gives it to the poor for free - the president is promoting it even though there is no evidence of its effectiveness - Telegrafi
- 23-Oct-2024 09:19
- Elevated fires during COVID-19 lockdown and the vulnerability of protected areas - Nature.com
- 05-May-2022 07:00
- Overcrowding and the risk of unmitigated spread of COVID-19 in Madagascar’s prisons - Amnesty International
- 03-Apr-2020 07:00
- Humanitarian crisis looms in Madagascar amid drought and pandemic - UN News
- 12-Jan-2021 08:00
- Coronavirus: Caution urged over Madagascar's 'herbal cure' - BBC.com
- 22-Apr-2020 07:00
- Madagascar Economic Update: COVID-19 Increases Poverty, a New Reform Momentum is Needed to Build Back Stronger - World Bank Group
- 16-Dec-2020 08:00
- Crisis in Madagascar Linked to Climate Change and COVID-19 - UNICEF USA
- 25-Aug-2021 07:00
- Madagascar reimposes lockdown in capital as coronavirus cases surge - CNN
- 06-Jul-2020 07:00
- Madagascar takes last stand on Covid-19 vaccine, refuses immunization - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar president's herbal tonic fails to halt Covid-19 spike - BBC.com
- 13-Aug-2020 07:00
- Mobilizing the private sector to boost Madagascar’s development agenda - World Bank
- 27-Jan-2022 08:00
- Madagascar turns schools into hospitals to cope with Covid surge - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- One Health: navigating plague in Madagascar amidst COVID-19 - Infectious Diseases of Poverty - BioMed Central
- 16-May-2023 07:00
- Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar's 'cure' - BBC.com
- 03-May-2020 07:00
- In Madagascar, citizen engagement brings practical solutions to issues related to Covid-19 - World Bank
- 04-Jun-2020 07:00
- Madagascar: slow revival of tourism post covid-19 - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar: Drought and COVID-19 push 1.5 million people to the brink - WFP
- 18-Nov-2020 08:00
- ‘Could It Work as a Cure? Maybe.’ A Herbal Remedy for Coronavirus Is a Hit in Africa, But Experts Have Their Doubts - TIME
- 22-May-2020 07:00
- Coronavirus: What is Madagascar’s ‘herbal remedy’ Covid-Organics? - Al Jazeera English
- 05-May-2020 07:00
- Covid-19 in Madagascar: The president’s controversial ‘miracle cure’ - FRANCE 24 English
- 05-May-2020 07:00
- Free transport helps pregnant women in Madagascar safely deliver amid COVID-19 lockdown - UNFPA News
- 08-May-2020 07:00
- Top environment stories from Madagascar in 2020 - Mongabay.com
- 30-Dec-2020 08:00
- Tanzania gets Madagascar’s anti-coronavirus drink disputed by WHO - Al Jazeera English
- 08-May-2020 07:00
- Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection - Mongabay.com
- 31-Jul-2020 07:00
- Supporting Madagascar’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake at 78 - WHO | Regional Office for Africa
- 30-Sep-2022 07:00
- Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccination efforts and dose allocation within Madagascar - BMC Public Health
- 12-Apr-2022 07:00
- These archaeologists helped quell a COVID surge in Madagascar - Nature.com
- 19-Jul-2021 07:00
- Madagascar lawmakers die after contracting coronavirus - Al Jazeera English
- 13-Jul-2020 07:00
