COVID-19 pandemic in Niger

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Niger in March 2020. Amnesty International reported that journalists have been arrested over reporting about the pandemic.[2]

COVID-19 pandemic in Niger
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationNiger
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseNiamey
Arrival date19 March 2020
(3 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Confirmed cases1,056 (as of 25 June)[1]
Active cases72 (as of 25 June)
Recovered917 (as of 25 June)
Deaths
67 (as of 25 June)

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[3][4]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[5][6] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[7][5]

Timeline

On 19 March, the first case in the country was confirmed in Niamey, being a 36-year-old man from Nigeria. He had travelled to Lomé, Accra, Abidjan, and Ouagadougou.[8]

Following this announcement, the airports in Niger, and Zinder were closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.[8]

A third case was confirmed to be a Brazilian woman who entered the country on 16 March.[9]

Niger reported a total of seven cases on March 25, including the first death related to COVID-19 in the country on 24 March.[10] The death occurred in Niamey, being a 63-year-old Nigerian national.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Évolution du Coronavirus au Niger en temps réel – Coronavirus, Covid19". Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "Niger: Civil society organisations call on authorities to end harassment of human rights defenders". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  8. "Le Niger enregistre son premier cas de coronavirus (Officiel)". Agence Nigérienne de Presse. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  9. "CORONAVIRUS : 3ÈME CAS DÉCLARÉ AU NIGER…". L`innovation au service de l`information pour mieux informer. (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  10. "CORONAVIRUS : Sept (7) CAS ENREGISTRÉS DONT UN (1)MORT…".
  11. "CORONAVIRUS : Sept (7) CAS ENREGISTRÉS DONT UN (1)MORT…". L`innovation au service de l`information pour mieux informer. (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2020.


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