COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe

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COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationGuadeloupe
Arrival date13 March 2020
(1 year, 6 months and 4 days)
Confirmed cases10,614[1]
Active cases5,839 (as of 21 November 2020)
Recovered2,242
Deaths
168
Fatality rate2.47%

The COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have spread to the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe on 12 March 2020.

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.[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 12 March, the first case of COVID-19 in Guadeloupe was confirmed.[7]

As of 16 March, there had been 6 positive cases and no deaths.[8] By 26 March, there had been 84 positive cases and 1 death.[9]

On 21 August, Valérie Denux, director of the Regional Health Agency of Guadeloupe (ARS), announced the archipelago alert threshold was crossed, with an incidence rate of 86.23, per 100,000 inhabitants; doubling in the previous week. A scheduled meeting was scheduled to take place on 25 August, to announce monitoring activity by the COVID-19 committee as well as plans by local authorities on educational institution reopening plans.[10]

Preventive measures[]

  • As of 13 August, face masks must be worn in all indoor spaces for people over the age of 11, but the rule has not been extended to outdoor public spaces.[11]
  • Recommendation that large gatherings be avoided, Unauthorized events are subject to fines of €135.[11]


New daily cases of Covid-19 declared in Guadeloupe 0

See also[]

  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South America

References[]

  1. ^ "French territory of Guadeloupe reports 50 new cases of Covid-19 in 48 hours". Yahoo News. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ^ Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Coronavirus : Un premier cas positif en Guadeloupe" [Coronavirus: A first positive case in Guadeloupe]. La1ere.francetvinfo.fr (in French). 12 March 2020.
  8. ^ "COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak". Worldometer.
  9. ^ "Update on the situation on March 26". Prefecture of Guadeloupe. 26 March 2020.
  10. ^ Houda, Alexandre; Fadel, Nadine (21 August 2020), COVID-19 : seuil d'alerte franchi en Guadeloupe, avec les 325 nouveaux cas recensés, en 7 jours. (in French), Guadeloupe 1, retrieved 23 August 2020
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "French territory of Guadeloupe reports 50 new cases of Covid-19 in 48 hours". uk.news.yahoo.com. RFI. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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