COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Verde explained

COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Verde
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Disease:COVID-19
Virus Strain:SARS-CoV-2
Location:Cape Verde
Arrival Date:20 March 2020
Website:COVID 19 — Corona Vírus - Official site about COVID-19 in Cape Verde

The COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Verde is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The virus was confirmed to have reached Cape Verde in March 2020.[2]

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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] Model-based simulations for Cape Verde suggest that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t has been lower than 1.0 since August 2021.[8]

Timeline

March 2020

Subsequent cases

There were 11,793 confirmed cases in 2020. 11,530 patients recovered while 112 persons died. At the end of 2020 there were 151 active cases.[17]

Cape Verde's vaccination campaign began on 19 March.[18] There were 30,670 confirmed cases in 2021, bringing the total number of cases to 42,463. 26,782 patients recovered in 2021 while 240 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 351. At the end of 2021 there were 3,773 active cases.[19]

Modelling by WHO's Regional Office for Africa suggests that due to under-reporting, the true number of infections by the end of 2021 was around 0.3 million while the true number of COVID-19 deaths was around 383.[20]

Samples taken between May and October showed that the rapidly spreading BA.5.2.1.7 variant was present in Cape Verde.[21]

There were 20,740 confirmed cases in 2022, bringing the total number of cases to 63,203. 24,421 patients recovered in 2022 while 58 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 410. At the end of 2022 there were 3 active cases.[22]

There were 1,274 confirmed cases in 2023, bringing the total number of cases to 64,477. Seven persons died, bringing the total death toll to 417.

Statistics

Confirmed deaths per day

Prevention

Since 16 March tests are being made in Cape Verde rather than abroad, by the Laboratório de Virologia de Cabo Verde, in Praia.[23]

On 17 March, as a contingency measure, Prime Minister José Ulisses Correia e Silva announced[24] [25] [26] a three-week suspension of all incoming flights from the US, Brazil, Senegal, Nigeria, Portugal, and all European countries affected by the coronavirus. Exceptions were made for cargo flights and flights for foreign citizens wishing to return home. The ban also applies to the docking of cruise ships, sailing ships and landing from passengers or crew from cargo ships or fishing ships. More exceptional measures[27] were taken the day after, and the contingency level was raised[28] on 27 March.

Cabo Verde Airlines had already taken the decision to suspend flights. Since 28 February the flights to Milan (Italy) are suspended. On 6 March, the flights to Lagos (Nigeria), Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Washington D.C. (United States) were also suspended. On 17 March, per to the Government's decision, Cabo Verde Airlines suspended all of its routes.[29]

On March 28, for the first time in its history, a state of emergency was declared in Cape Verde,[30] [31] implementing a set of measures.[32]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: COVID 19 – Corona Virus . pt-PT . 2020-05-23.
  2. Web site: Cape Verde reports first confirmed case of COVID-19 - Xinhua English.news.cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20200322085552/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/20/c_138898853.htm. dead. 22 March 2020. www.xinhuanet.com. 2020-05-26.
  3. Web site: Novel Coronavirus Information Center . Elsevier . Elsevier Connect. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130171622/https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center. 30 January 2020. 15 March 2020.
  4. Reynolds . Matt . What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic? . 4 March 2020 . Wired UK. 5 March 2020 . 1357-0978. https://web.archive.org/web/20200305104806/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-coronavirus. 5 March 2020. live.
  5. Web site: Crunching the numbers for coronavirus . Imperial News. 13 March 2020 . 15 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200319084913/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196137/crunching-numbers-coronavirus/. 19 March 2020. live.
  6. Web site: High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England . GOV.UK . en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200303051938/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid. 3 March 2020. 17 March 2020.
  7. Web site: World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus . www.wfsahq.org. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312233527/https://www.wfsahq.org/resources/coronavirus. 12 March 2020. 15 March 2020.
  8. Future scenarios of the healthcare burden of COVID-19 in low- or middle-income countries, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London.
  9. News: Cape Verde registers an Adverse Analytical Finding of First COVID-19. insp.gov.cv . en . 20 March 2020 . 24 March 2020.
  10. News: Coronavírus: Inglês de 62 anos é o primeiro caso confirmado em Cabo Verde. publico.pt . pt . 20 March 2020 . 20 March 2020.
  11. Web site: Covid-19: Há mais dois casos confirmados na Boa Vista. Suspeito de São Vicente é negativo. SAPO. SAPO Lifestyle. pt. 21 March 2020.
  12. Web site: COVID-19: confirmed the first death from coronavirus in Cape Verde. insp.gov.cv . en . 24 March 2020 . 25 March 2020.
  13. Web site: Confirmado primeiro caso de COVID-19 na Praia. expressodasilhas.cv. pt. 25 March 2020.
  14. Web site: Cape Verde registers the fourth positive case COVID-19. insp.gov.cv . en . 25 March 2020 . 27 March 2020.
  15. Web site: Teste à esposa do primeiro caso da Praia dá positivo (em actualização). expressodasilhas.cv. pt. 26 March 2020.
  16. Web site: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 72 . World Health Organization . 20 July 2020 . 8 . 1 April 2020.
  17. Web site: COVID-19 and W/Africa: 1,994 new cases, 31 new deaths in 24 hours. APA. 2 January 2021. 31 December 2020.
  18. Web site: Cabo Verde: China vaccines against Covid-19 awaited as 8,330 inoculated so far. Macau Business. 26 May 2021. 20 April 2021.
  19. Web site: Covid-19 em Cabo Verde: Mais 731 novos casos com uma morte na Praia. 2 January 2022. 4 January 2022. pt. ASemana.
  20. Cabore. Joseph Waogodo. Karamagi. Humphrey Cyprian. Kipruto. Hillary Kipchumba. Mungatu. Joseph Kyalo. Asamani. James Avoka. Droti. Benson. Titi-ofei. Regina. Seydi. Aminata Binetou Wahebine. Kidane. Solyana Ngusbrhan. Balde. Thierno. Gueye. Abdou Salam. Makubalo. Lindiwe. Moeti. Matshidiso R. COVID-19 in the 47 countries of the WHO African region: a modelling analysis of past trends and future patterns. The Lancet Global Health. 1 June 2022. 10 . 8 . e1099–e1114. 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00233-9. 35659911 . 9159735 . 2 June 2022. free.
  21. Web site: Communique on the sudden increase in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron BF.7 variants. 2023-01-04. Africa CDC. 1. 2023-01-04.
  22. Web site: Boletim epidemiológico de 31 de dezembro de 2022. Ministério da Saúde. 10 January 2023. 1 January 2023. pt.
  23. Web site: Covid-19: Laboratório de Cabo Verde com capacidade para 300 testes diários . A Semana . pt . 16 March 2020 . 20 March 2020.
  24. Web site: Coronavirus: Which countries have travel bans?. CNN . O'Hare . Maureen . Hardingham . Tamara . amp . 17 March 2020 . 17 March 2020.
  25. Web site: COVID19: Governo declara situação de contingência a nível da Proteção Civil . Governo de Cabo Verde . pt . 17 March 2020 . 20 March 2020.
  26. Web site: Governo declara situação de contingência, a nível de Proteção Civil, por causa do Covid-19 . TCV . pt . 17 March 2020 . 20 March 2020 . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320183725/http://www.rtc.cv/tcv/index.php?paginas=47&id_cod=89239 . dead .
  27. News: Check out the new measures announced by the government in the prevention of COVID-19. insp.gov.cv . en . 18 March 2020 . 24 March 2020.
  28. News: "We raise the contingency level of Civil Protection to disaster risk" - Ulisses Correia e Silva. insp.gov.cv . en . 27 March 2020 . 27 March 2020.
  29. Web site: Corona Virus: Flights suspensions . Cabo Verde Airlines . 17 March 2020 . 20 March 2020 . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320190418/https://caboverdeairlines.com/covid19-flightsuspension/ . dead .
  30. News: Declaration of a state of emergency by the President of the Republic of Cape Verde. insp.gov.cv . en . 28 March 2020 . 11 April 2020.
  31. Web site: de Almeida. Vieira. 2020-05-05. Coronavirus Cabo Verde - State of Emergency. 2020-08-13. International Comparative Legal Guides International Business Reports. en.
  32. https://kiosk.incv.cv/2.1.38.3185/ Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde — Suplemento, I Série, Número 38

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