Coronavirus Madagascar
From MadaCamp
This is a daily updated summary of media reports and first-hand accounts by various individuals on location in Madagascar with information on the current Coronavirus situation in the country. Additionally, the Malagasy government broadcasts official daily ("Miaramanonja" = be safe) situation reports by radio (RNM) at 1pm and televised (TVM) reports at 8pm.
- 25 March 2020: Roads access blocked between the regions of SAVA (Sambava-Andapa-Vohemar-Antalaha).
- 24 March 2020: People in Sambava are more calm today than yesterday. French people having arrived on one of the last incoming passenger flights to Madagascar were located in Sambava, among them one man placed under supervision in the local hospital but without reported symptoms. Madagascar National Parks have been closed from 23rd March until 5th April. The Centre de commandement opérationnel Covid-19 (Covid-19 Operational Command Center) open at Ivato's Mining Business Center near the capital. (Email communicationcovid19@gmail.com / 24-hour phone: +261 (0)34 05 503 60.)
- 23 March 2020: 14 new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number to 17 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 and Vohemar 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 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 heavily on tourism. The situation is tense. The Tourism Minister announces at a meeting with hotel operators on Nosy Be 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.
- Spatial Markov matrices for measuring the spatial dependencies of an epidemiological spread : case Covid’19 Madagascar - BMC Public Health
- 19-Aug-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
- Drivers of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among rural populations in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study - BMC Public Health
- 17-Oct-2024 07:00
- Overcrowding and the risk of unmitigated spread of COVID-19 in Madagascar’s prisons - Amnesty International
- 03-Apr-2020 07:00
- Madagascar joins the COVID-19 vaccine COVAX programme - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- Coronavirus: Caution urged over Madagascar's 'herbal cure' - BBC.com
- 22-Apr-2020 07:00
- Madagascar reimposes lockdown in capital as coronavirus cases surge - CNN
- 06-Jul-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
- Tanzania gets Madagascar’s anti-coronavirus drink disputed by WHO - Al Jazeera English
- 08-May-2020 07:00
- Madagascar takes last stand on Covid-19 vaccine, refuses immunization - 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 COVID-19: caseload hits 10,000 mark - 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
- 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
- Madagascar president's herbal tonic fails to halt Covid-19 spike - BBC.com
- 13-Aug-2020 07:00
- Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar's 'cure' - BBC.com
- 03-May-2020 07:00
- These archaeologists helped quell a COVID surge in Madagascar - Nature.com
- 19-Jul-2021 07:00
- Covid-19 in Madagascar: The president’s controversial ‘miracle cure’ - FRANCE 24 English
- 05-May-2020 07:00
- Madagascar: Drought and COVID-19 push 1.5 million people to the brink - WFP
- 18-Nov-2020 08:00
- Nigeria receives Madagascar's COVID-Organics, efficacy tests ordered - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
- RSF urges Madagascar to let journalists cover Covid-19 freely - Reporters sans frontières
- 30-Apr-2021 07:00
- Coronavirus: Madagascar hospitals 'overwhelmed' - BBC.com
- 22-Jul-2020 07:00
- They Set Out to Save Rainforests — and Could Help Prevent the Next Outbreak - ProPublica
- 07-Mar-2023 08:00
- Madagascar lawmakers die after contracting coronavirus - Al Jazeera English
- 13-Jul-2020 07:00
- ECOWAS denies endorsing Madagascar's Covid-Organics [Morning Call] - Africanews English
- 13-Aug-2024 07:00
