COVID-19 pandemic in Western Sahara explained

COVID-19 pandemic in Western Sahara should not be confused with COVID-19 pandemic in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

COVID-19 pandemic in Western Sahara
Disease:COVID-19
Virus Strain:SARS-CoV-2
Location:Western Sahara
First Case:Boujdour
Arrival Date:4 April 2020
First Outbreak:Wuhan, Hubei, China
Confirmed Cases:766[1]
Active Cases:41
Recovery Cases:25
Deaths:2

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Western Sahara in April 2020. The released data from the Moroccan government excludes cases in territory controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

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.[2] [3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4] [5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6] [4]

Timeline

On 4 April, the first four cases were confirmed in Boujdour by the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).[7]

On 9 April, MINURSO reported that two new cases were confirmed in Dakhla, bringing the number of confirmed cases to six.[8]

On 24 April, MINURSO reported four more cases, bringing the number of confirmed cases to ten.[9]

By 19 June there had been 26 confirmed cases, the latest of which in Laayoune. One patient had died (in Tindouf, 24 May) while 23 had recovered and 2 were still active cases.[10]

On 31 August there were 41 active cases in Laayoune.[11]

On 30 April 2021, Morocco granted Carles Puigdemont asylum. According to a source from the Moroccan foreign ministry, the decision was made in due to "the principle of reciprocity to host the Catalan independence leader" after Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali was allowed to go to Spain to get treated for COVID-19.[12]

Statistics

New cases per day

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: WESTERN SAHARA . Reuters.
  2. News: 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.
  3. News: 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. News: 4 April 2020: REGULAR UPDATES BY MINURSO ON COVID-19. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINOSUR) . 4 April 2020. 5 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200406123815/https://minurso.unmissions.org/regular-updates-minurso-covid-19. 6 April 2020.
  8. Web site: 9 April 2020: REGULAR UPDATES BY MINURSO ON COVID-19 . United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara . 12 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200410090320/https://minurso.unmissions.org/regular-updates-minurso-covid-19 . 10 April 2020 . 9 April 2020.
  9. Web site: 24 April 2020: Regular updates by MINURSO on COVID-19. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. 28 April 2020. 24 April 2020. 6 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200406123815/https://minurso.unmissions.org/regular-updates-minurso-covid-19. dead.
  10. Web site: 19 June 2020: Regular updates by MINURSO on COVID-19. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. 5 October 2020. 19 June 2020.
  11. Web site: Report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara S/2020/938. United Nations. 1. 19 November 2020. 23 September 2020.
  12. Web site: Morocco grants asylum to former Catalan leader in response to Polisario visit to Spain. 2021-04-30. Middle East Monitor. 2021-04-30.

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