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* 27 March 2020: 3 people received confirmation of infection and the total number of patients increased to 26, including two people from foreign countries and a first domestic infection due to contact with the infected persons. A social media user is wanted for spreading misinformation.
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* 26 March 2020: 25,000 Coronavirus fast testing kits for which results can be obtained in minutes arrived from China yesterday night in the first wave of medical equipment from the [https://www.jackmafoundation.org.cn Jack Ma Foundation]. The 3,500 passengers on all flights arriving in the country since 14th March will receive priority testing before their obligatory containment period ends on the 4th April. A second cargo plane with more equipment is expected today. A woman returning from an affected country was located at a hotel in Vohemar yesterday and although the person does not have symptoms she is forced to stay in the room for 14 days and make no contact with anyone. Ten other people who have who returned from France and Mauritus are in the SAVA region and quarantined in their homes. So far the health authorities in the region are not equipped to carry out Coronavirus tests. The evaluation is based on the number of days of their state of health. Announcement are made from campaign cars driving around the towns of SAVA recommending residents to stay at home as much as possible. Many farmers living in small villages around Sambava and elsewhere chose to move to huts on their fields, both to guard their crops as they often do throughout the vanilla growing season and also to avoid risk of Coronavirus exposure, although the closest confirmed Coronavirus case to date is in Tamatave over 500km overland and which cannot be reached by road or by air at this time.
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* 25 March 2020: Health controls are set up along the roads between the major towns across the [[SAVA]] region and at shipping ports and at Sambava airport. A doctor, nurses and gendarmerie check travellers temperatures. No cases have been detected in the region. Establishment of low-cost markets within communities across the country will be established on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for the poorest populations. Social distancing measures are to be respected at these markets.