COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mauritania in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Mauritania |
| Index case | Nouakchott |
| Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 6,418 (as of 4 August) [1] |
| Active cases | 1,052 (as of 4 August) |
| Recovered | 5,209 (as of 4 August) |
Deaths | 157 (as of 4 August) |
| Government website | |
| http://cridem.org/C_Info.php?article=735075 | |
Cases
changeOn 13 March, the first case was confirmed, with the case being placed in isolation.[2]
On 18 March, the Mauritanian Minister of Health announced the discovery of a second positive coronavirus case on a foreign female employee, working at a house of a couple of expatriates, the woman arrived 10 days prior the discovery.[3]
A third coronavirus case was declared on March 26 for a 74-year-old man, a Mauritanian citizen who had arrived in Mauritania on March 15 from France via Air France.[4]
The country recorded its first death on 30 March 2020.[5]
On 18 April, the last remaining active case recovered. On that date, there had been 7 confirmed cases in the country, 6 of whom had recovered, and one died making Mauritania temporarily one of few affected countries in the world to become free of COVID-19.[6]
On 29 April, a Senegalese citizen tested positive. The case is a 68-year women living in the state of Nouakchott.[7]
As of 4 August, there have been 6,418 confirmed cases in Mauritania. 5,209 of these have since recovered and 157 people have died.[8]
References
change- ↑ "Coronavirus Update (Live)". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ "Mauritania confirms first coronavirus case". Channel News Asia. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ Médoune, SAMB (2020-03-18). "Coronavirus: Second case discovered in Mauritania". Panafrican News Agency. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ "تسجيل إصابة جديدة فيروس كورونا بموريتانيا". 26 March 2020.
- ↑ "موريتانيا تعلن عن أول حالة وفاة بسبب "كورونا"". الأخبار: أول وكالة أنباء موريتانية مستقلة (in Arabic). 2020-03-30. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ↑ "La Mauritanie ne compte plus de cas positifs suivis (Ministère de la Santé)". Archived from the original on 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "Update 29 April 2020". Ministry of Health via Facebook (in Arabic).
- ↑ "36 إصابة و35 حالة شفاء من كورونا بموريتانيا". alakhbar.info. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.