Coronavirus Madagascar
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This page collates information from various media and other sources of COVID-19 Coronavirus developments in Madagascar. The government broadcasts daily situation reports by radio at 1pm and televised reports at 8pm.
- 24 March 2020: People in Sambava appear to be more calm today than yesterday. French people having arrive on one of the last flights to Madagascar were located in Sambava, among them one Frenchman now in the hospital but without reported symptoms.
- 23 March 2020: Nine 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. Reports of a Malagasy air passenger having arrived in Antalaha, initially on a flight from France to Tana among infected passengers, raise fears across the SAVA region. The person is in self-isolation but have not showed any symptoms. Offices, vanilla processing facilities and many shops in Sambava, Antalaha, Vohemar and Andapa 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 rely on tourism. The situation is tense. Meanwhile, the Tourism Minister announces at a meeting with hotel operators that the travel ban will last for 90 days (previously reported in media 30 days).
More information
- 23 March: 9 nouveaux cas de Coronavirus : Confinement total et couvre feu pour Tana et Tamatave Midi Madagasikara (English)
- 21 March: Déclaration d’Andry Rajoelina : 3 passagères malgaches contaminées par le Coronavirus Midi Madagasikara (English)
- https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd - World Health Organisation's world map of confirmed COVID-19 Coronavirus cases.
- How smallholder farmers in Madagascar, Burkina Faso and Eswatini endured the coronavirus pandemic - IFAD
- 26-Sep-2024 09:53
- Spatial Markov matrices for measuring the spatial dependencies of an epidemiological spread : case Covid’19 Madagascar - BMC Public Health
- 19-Aug-2024 07:00
- COVID-organics: Madagascar launches Africa's first cure for virus - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar Public spending watchdog accuses government of secrecy over Covid-19 crisis - Africa Intelligence
- 26-Aug-2024 07:00
- Addressing the Decline in the Madagascar Economy - The Borgen Project
- 16-Dec-2023 08:00
- Overcrowding and the risk of unmitigated spread of COVID-19 in Madagascar’s prisons - Amnesty International
- 03-Apr-2020 07:00
- Coronavirus: Caution urged over Madagascar's 'herbal cure' - BBC.com
- 22-Apr-2020 07:00
- Coronavirus: What is Madagascar’s ‘herbal remedy’ Covid-Organics? - Al Jazeera English
- 05-May-2020 07:00
- Mobilizing the private sector to boost Madagascar’s development agenda - World Bank
- 27-Jan-2022 08:00
- Madagascar takes last stand on Covid-19 vaccine, refuses immunization - 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
- In Madagascar, citizen engagement brings practical solutions to issues related to Covid-19 - World Bank
- 04-Jun-2020 07:00
- Madagascar turns schools into hospitals to cope with Covid surge - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar law allowing castration of child rapists prompts criticism from rights groups - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar receives its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar starts Covid-19 vaccinations after surge in cases - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar: slow revival of tourism post covid-19 - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Scores troop to receive Madagascar's COVID-Organics - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- How Covid-19 is hitting Madagascar's growing economy [Business Africa] - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Madagascar's COVID-Organics: testimonies and medical caution - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- ‘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
- Madagascar president's herbal tonic fails to halt Covid-19 spike - BBC.com
- 13-Aug-2020 07:00
- Madagascar coronavirus herbal mix draws demand from across Africa despite WHO misgivings - Reuters
- 08-May-2020 07:00
- Humanitarian crisis looms in Madagascar amid drought and pandemic - UN News
- 12-Jan-2021 08:00
- Tanzania gets Madagascar’s anti-coronavirus drink disputed by WHO - Al Jazeera English
- 08-May-2020 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
- Guinea-Bissau receives Madagascar virus 'cure' meant for ECOWAS - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- They Set Out to Save Rainforests — and Could Help Prevent the Next Outbreak - ProPublica
- 07-Mar-2023 08:00
- Covid-19 in Madagascar: The president’s controversial ‘miracle cure’ - FRANCE 24 English
- 05-May-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
- Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar's 'cure' - BBC.com
- 03-May-2020 07:00