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Some of the countries that did not enact lockdowns during 2020, did so later in the pandemic. In Malawi , a proposed lockdown by the government was delayed by the High Court throughout 2020, [ 392 ] until a state of emergency was declared and the country entered a lockdown in January 2021 in response to a worsening outbreak. [ 393 ]
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The virus was confirmed to have reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 10 March 2020. The first few confirmed cases were all outside arrivals.
The high infection and mortality rates of the pandemic in countries in the Western Balkans, the Eastern Neighbourhood, and Central and Eastern Europe meant they faced deeper recessions. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] From 2019 to 2020, there was also a difference in how EU countries were adapting to new COVID-19 regulations, one of them being work from home .
The country's first case was announced on 14 March, a 50-year-old man who returned to the Republic of the Congo from Paris, France. [7] Two more cases were detected on 19 March. [8] As of 31 March, there were 19 cases in the Republic of the Congo. [9] The country reported its first two deaths on 31 March, both of which in Pointe-Noire. [10]
1896–1906 Congo Basin African trypanosomiasis epidemic 1896–1906 Congo Basin: African trypanosomiasis: 500,000 [176] 1899 Porto plague outbreak (part of the third plague pandemic) 1899 Porto, Portugal Bubonic plague: 132 [177] Sixth cholera pandemic: 1899–1923 Europe, Asia, Africa Cholera: 800,000+ [178]
The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]
The president eventually named Judith Suminwa as Congo's first female prime minister on April 1 and his ex-chief of staff Vital Kamerhe as parli ... DR Congo names new government after months of ...
The figures presented are based on reported cases and deaths. While in several high-income countries the ratio of total estimated cases and deaths to reported cases and deaths is low and close to 1, for some countries it may be more than 10 [7] or even more than 100. [8] Implementation of COVID-19 surveillance methods varies widely. [9]