COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique
| COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique | |||||||
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| Disease | COVID-19 | ||||||
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 | ||||||
| Location | Mozambique | ||||||
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China | ||||||
| Arrival date | 22 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 1 week and 4 days) | ||||||
| Confirmed cases | 733 (as of 21 June)[2] | ||||||
| Active cases | 547 (as of 21 June) | ||||||
| Recovered | 181 (as of 21 June) | ||||||
Deaths | 5 (as of 21 June) | ||||||
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Mozambique in March 2020.[3]
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.[4][5]
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[6][7] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[8][6]
Timeline
March 2020
The country's first case was announced on 22 March, a 75-year-old man who returned from the United Kingdom.[9]
April 2020
On 8 April 2020, Mozambique registered seven new positive cases of COVID-19, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 17, nine of which are local transmissions.[10]
May 2020
June 2020
After ending June with 254 confirmed cases, the number of confirmed cases had doubled by 13 June, with a further 44 cases confirmed on that day alone.[11]
The country recorded its third death on 14 June, an 84-year-old man from Nampula Province.[12]
Statistics
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See also
References
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- ^ "Início". COVID 19 - Fica Atento. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "World Health Organization: A case of COVID-19 confirmed in Mozambique". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Mozambique confirms first coronavirus case". National Post. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "World Health Organization: 17 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Mozambique". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ MENAFN. "Mozambique confirms 44 more coronavirus infections". menafn.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Mozambique registers one more COVID-19 death - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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