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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burkina Faso on 9 March 2020. 

The death of Rose Marie Compaoré, a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, on 18 March marked the first recorded COVID-19 fatality in Sub-Saharan Africa.

On 9 March 2020, the first two cases in the country were reported in Burkina Faso.

On 13 March, the third case was also confirmed, is a person who has had direct contact with the first two cases.

On 14 March, 7 cases confirmed in the country. Five of the new confirmed cases have had direct contact with the first two cases. One is an English national currently working in a gold mine in the Burkina Faso and who went to vacation in Liverpool, returning on 10 March, with transits through Vancouver and Paris.

On 15 March, 8 new cases were confirmed according to a statement from the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of cases to 15.

On 17 March, 20 total cases were confirmed.

References

2020s in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Albania on 8 March 2020, a father and son who had travelled from Florence, Italy. 

As of 10 September 2020, there are 10,860 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Albania.

Cases
After the first case was reported on 8 March, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection stated that a total of 65 people had been tested for COVID-19, 2 of whom were positive the following day.

On 10 March, President Ilir Meta called for retired Albanian doctors to re-enter the work force. Later that day, it was discovered that a Maryland woman had contracted novel coronavirus after visiting Albania, as well as spending time in a Turkish airport.

The first death was also reported, an elderly woman in Durrës on 12 March.

Response
On 12 March, Prime Minister Edi Rama declared a "war" on COVID-19.

References

History of Albania
Albania
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cyprus in March 2020. 

On 9 March 2020, Cyprus confirmed its first two cases: a 25-year-old man from Limassol who had returned from Italy and a 64-year-old health professional from Nicosia who had returned from the UK.

On 21 March, the first death was confirmed.

On 30 April, 7 new cases were confirmed. According to the updated statistics released by the Ministry of Health, a total of 296 people have recovered.

References

History of Cyprus
Cyprus
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the first case of coronavirus disease in Malta was an Italian 12-year-old girl on 7 March 2020. The girl and her family were in self-isolation. After a few days, both her parents were found positive for Coronavirus as well. 

 Malta has reported 1862 confirmed cases, 1313 recoveries and 11 deaths; 538 cases remain active.

A mandatory quarantine was forced on travelers and those who were possibly in contact with those who traveled abroad. 

A mandatory lockdown was imposed on those over the age of 65, those suffering from chronic health conditions and members of their households. 

WHO praised the Maltese government's response to the pandemic, before the number of cases rose to 52 on 7 April. On May Day, given that the rate of the virus was below 0, the first reopening measures were announced.

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Malta
Malta
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Belarus, when the first case of COVID-19 in the country was registered in Minsk on 28 February 2020.

On 28 February, Belarus confirmed its first case. A student from Iran tested positive on 27 February and was admitted to a hospital in Minsk. The individual arrived in Belarus via a flight from Baku, Azerbaijan, on 22 February.

On 21 March, a total of 76 confirmed cases have been reported. Two days later, 81 confirmed cases have been reported, including 22 recoveries. According to the official data, more than 21,000 COVID-19 tests had been conducted in Belarus since 23 January.

On 31 March, the first death was reported in Belarus.

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2020s in Belarus
Belarus
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Liberia in March 2020.

On 16 March, the first case in Liberia was confirmed, a government official who traveled from Switzerland. President George Weah controversially named the person, and claimed they violated screening protocols at Roberts International Airport (RIA) in Harbel.

The second case was confirmed on 17 March, a close contact of the first case.

Liberia's third case of COVID-19 was confirmed on 20 March. The third person was a returned traveler. Following this third case, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare declared a national health emergency on 22 March.

On 27 March, the U.S. Embassy evacuated some U.S. citizens from Liberia.

On 1 April, the European Union organized a charter flight evacuating its citizens.

Liberia reported its first death on 4 April.

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Liberia
Liberia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Senegal on March 2, 2020.

On 2 March 2020, a 54-year-old man from France was the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Senegal, living in the Almadies Arrondissement of Dakar, having been tested positive at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar.

The second confirmed case of COVID-19 was a French expat who came to Dakar from France. They were said to be in a "comfortable" condition.

On 12 March 2020, five more cases were announced in Senegal, which were family members of a confirmed case of the Senegalese national returning from Italy.

On 23 March, Senegal declared a state of emergency.

References

History of Senegal
Senegal
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Bulgaria in March 2020.

Cases
The first case was confirmed on 8 March 2020, a 27-year-old man from Pleven and a 75-year-old woman from Gabrovo. Neither of the two had traveled to areas with known coronavirus cases. The man tested positive for the virus after being hospitalized for a respiratory infection. Two other samples in Pleven and Gabrovo were positive on 8 March.

Response
After the number of patients in the country had reached 23, the Bulgarian Parliament voted unanimously to declare a state of emergency from 13 March until 13 April. 

A 14-day preventive house quarantine was made for citizens who have been in contact with a COVID-19 patient or have returned from an overseas region with a high number of cases.
For patients tested positive for the virus a 21-day house quarantine was created. The National Crisis-management Staff later increased the recovery house quarantine by a week to 28 days. With the continuing increase of COVID-19 cases on a daily basis, on 1 April the Bulgarian government requested that Parliament extends the state of emergency by one month until 13 May.

Numbers
As of 14 May 2020, there are 2,100 officially confirmed cases spread throughout all Bulgarian provinces, with 99 recorded deaths and 521 recoveries. A total of 61,711 PCR tests (or 8,868 per million citizens) had been performed by 13 May, with 3.40% being positive.

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21st century in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Somalia on 16 March 2020 when the first case was confirmed in Mogadishu.

Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire announced that the government had set aside five million dollars to deal with the disease. The Somali Medical Association was worried that the death toll in the country will be huge and that Somalia will not be able to recover from the economic effects due to poor working relations and the lack of healthcare. 

It was also rumored that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed may use the pandemic as an excuse to postpone elections. There were concerns over freedom of the press following arrests of journalists who were covering the pandemic in Somalia.

References

21st century in Somalia
Somalia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Azerbaijan when its first case was confirmed in February 2020.

Timeline
On 28 February, the country confirmed its first positive case of COVID-19. The patient, a Russian national, had traveled from Iran. Two more cases were later confirmed in the country and they were all isolated. They were Azerbaijani nationals who returned from Iran. On the same day Azerbaijan closed borders with Iran for 2 weeks.

On 12 March, the woman died from multiple organ failure caused by COVID-19. This marked the first death of coronavirus in Azerbaijan.

On 31 March, Azerbaijan declared nationwide quarantine. People were required to stay in private houses and apartments, permanent or temporary places of residence until 20 April.

A month later on 24 April, the country slowly began to reopen.

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2020s in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Latvia on 2 March 2020.

On 13 March, the government closed all educational buildings and banned mass gatherings until 14 April, which was later extended to 12 May. Many concerts and events were cancelled and moved to other dates. 

As of 20 March at least 1,600 culture and entertainment events had been disrupted.

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History of Latvia
Latvia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda in March 2020.

On 18 March, the first two cases in Bermuda were confirmed.

As of 16 April, there were 83 cases on the island out of which 26 were imported, 45 were community spread, 12 were pending investigation, and 35 of those cases were recovered. On 6 April, it was announced that there had been the first two COVID-19 deaths on the island. As of 14 April, there were 5 deaths from Covid-19.

References

History of Bermuda
Bermuda
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Madagascar in March 2020.

On 20 March, the first three cases were confirmed in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. All three cases were women.

By 22 April, Madagascar had reported 121 cases but no deaths.

On 5 May, Madagascar reported a total of 149 cases but no deaths.

Lockdowns were added in at least two cities. The government announced on 17 March that all international and regional flights would be suspended for 30 days starting 20 March.

References

2020s in Madagascar
Madagascar
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Georgia when its first case was confirmed in Tbilisi on 26 February 2020.

All flights from China and Wuhan to Tbilisi International Airport were cancelled until 27 January. The Health Ministry announced that all arriving passengers from China would be screened. Georgia also temporarily shut down all flights to Iran.

On 26 February, Georgia confirmed its first COVID-19 case. A 50-year-old man, who returned to Georgia from Iran.

On 12 March, President Salome Zourabichvili, in a televised appearance called for calm and unity.

As of 15 March, 33 cases were confirmed, 637 were held under quarantine and 54 were under hospital supervision.

References

History of Georgia (country)
Georgia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Kazakhstan on 13 March 2020. It involved two Kazakh citizens in Almaty who were recently returned from Germany. That same day, two more cases were confirmed with one female arriving from Italy in Nur-Sultan and the other from Germany in Almaty as well.

On 13 March, the first two cases of COVID-19 were announced.

On 15 March, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency from 16 March to 15 April 2020. Many holidays such as Nowruz and the Victory Day military parade were cancelled.

On 19 March, a quarantine was placed on the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty where the highest cases were occurring. 

On 26 March, two patients were discharged in Nur-Sultan and Almaty, and that same day, a first death from the COVID-19 was reported in Nur-Sultan, which was 64-year old resident from the village of Kosshi.

On 30 March, Atyrau and 5 cities in Karaganda Region were under a lockdown.

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2020s in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
There are no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Turkmenistan (population c. 6 million).  

The government has worked to control information about the virus, and experts suspect that it may be spreading in the country unreported.

On 29 February 2020, Turkmenistan began refusing the entry of citizens from countries affected by the virus. On 5 March three foreign travelers, two of them diplomats of an Arab country, were denied entry when they flew from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Their flight was diverted to Türkmenabat and after arriving at Ashgabat, they were all put on a flight to Istanbul. 

Dr. Catherine Smallwood, head of the WHO/Europe mission, during a briefing following a 10-day mission visit to Turkmenistan, did not inform about the detection of COVID-19 infections in the country.

Turkmenistan has taken out its citizens from countries infected with coronavirus like China, Russia, Turkey and Belarus.

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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Laos on 24 March 2020, becoming the last Southeast Asian country to report its first case.

On 13 March provincial authorities closed some of border posts.

On 24 March, Laos confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases, becoming the last Southeast Asian country infected with coronavirus.

On 26 March, the Vientiane Times confirms third Covid-19 case.

On 27 March, there were 6 cases confirmed. Two more men from Luang Prabang, and one from Vientiane.

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History of Laos
Laos
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Uzbekistan when its first case was confirmed on 15 March 2020, an Uzbek citizen returning from France. 

Uzbekistan's Health Ministry has a list of people who were in contact with the victim, with plans to quarantine them. 

After the case was announced, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced a state of emergency in Kazakhstan, and promptly closed the border with Uzbekistan. Two days before the first case of coronavirus, Uzbekistan suspended flights to France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. 

On 22 March 2020, Uzbekistan ordered companies in Tashkent to do remote working, as well as making protective masks mandatory. 

On March 27, 2020, the first death was reported in the country, who was a 72-year-old woman living in Namangan. She was infected by her daughter who returned from Turkey on 12 March 2020.

As of 13 May 2020, there have been 2,568 confirmed cases, 2,046 recoveries and 10 deaths.

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History of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
The COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19) arrived in Kosovo on 13 March 2020.

On 13 March, the first two cases were confirmed, a 77-year-old man from Vitina and an Italian woman in her early 20s, who worked in Klina with Caritas Kosova. 

The Government of Kosovo decided to quarantine and block the entrances and exits of these two cities.

After the new cases emerged, the Ministry of Health requested that the Government of Kosovo declare a state of public health emergency.

On 22 March, the first Kosovo death from the pandemic was announced.

References

History of Kosovo
Kosovo
The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in Cambodia on 27 January 2020. 

According to Global Health Security Index's report in 2019, Cambodia ranked 89th out of 195 countries in preparedness for infectious disease outbreak.

On 27 January, the first case had been confirmed in Sihanoukville on a 60-year-old Chinese man who arrived in 23 January from Wuhan, Hubei with his family.

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21st century in Cambodia
Cambodia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Cameroon, Central Africa on 6 March 2020 with its first confirmed case. The infected person was a French national who arrived in the capital Yaoundé on 24 February.

The Minister of Public Health, Dr. Malachie Manaouda, revealed on 23 March that among the 16 cases tested positive that morning, 9 were from Douala, 6 in Yaoundé, and one in Bafoussam.

The total number of COVID-19 cases keep climbing up in the country. On 30 March, the Minister of Public Health announced that Cameroon had 142 active cases with 6 deaths.

References

History of Cameroon
Cameroon
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mauritania in March 2020.

Cases
On 13 March, the first case was confirmed, with the case being placed in isolation.

On 18 March, the Mauritanian Minister of Health announced the discovery of a second positive coronavirus case on a foreign female employee, working at a house of a couple of expatriates, the woman arrived 10 days prior the discovery.

A third coronavirus case was declared on March 26 for a 74-year-old man, a Mauritanian citizen who had arrived in Mauritania on March 15 from France via  Air France.

The country recorded its first death on 30 March 2020.

On 18 April, the last remaining active case recovered. On that date, there had been 7 confirmed cases in the country, 6 of whom had recovered, and one died making Mauritania temporarily one of few affected countries in the world to become free of COVID-19.

On 29 April, a Senegalese citizen tested positive. The case is a 68-year women living in the state of Nouakchott.
As of 4 August, there have been 6,418 confirmed cases in Mauritania. 5,209 of these have since recovered and 157 people have died.

References

Mauritania
Mauritania
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Oman on 24 February 2020 when two citizens tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from Iran.

Cases
By 2 May, the virus had spread to all the governorates of Oman. As of 14 May, the total number of cases registered in the sultanate is 4,3341, of which 1,303 cases have recovered and 17 have died.

Muscat continues to have the highest number of confirmed cases at over 3,200. Muttrah has been the worst affected wilayat (province) of the governorate, it held 45% of the total confirmed cases of the country in early April mostly due to local transmissions

Response
On 10 April, all of the Muscat governorate was put under lockdown until 22 April, this was extended twice. The lockdown was expected to end on 29 May.

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq declared that COVID-19 tests and treatment were free for all communities of the country, including expatriates.

References

2020s in Oman
Oman
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burundi in March 2020.

Burundi's Health Minister Thadée Ndikumana confirmed the country's first two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 on 31 March, Burundi nationals travelling back from Rwanda and Dubai.

On 2 April, a further positive case was confirmed, a 26-year-old woman, while 22 other people tested negative.

References

Burundi
Burundi
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Central African Republic in March 2020.

As of 9 April 2020, there were only three ventilators in the entire country.

The country's first case was announced on 14 March, with the patient being identified as a 74-year-old Italian man who returned to the Central African Republic from Milan, Italy.

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Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Chad in March 2020.

On 19 March, Chadian authorities reported their first case, a Moroccan passenger who flew from Douala.

On 26 March, with three cases already reported, Chadian authorities reported two additional positive cases. The cases were a 48-year-old Chadian and a 55-year-old Cameroonian passenger on a 17 March Ethiopian Airlines flight from Dubai and Brussels, respectively, through Addis Ababa.

On 30 March, two more cases of COVID-19 were reported, a Chadian citizen from Douala and a Swiss citizen from Brussels.

On 6 April, Chad recorded its first case of local contamination, a 31-year-old Chadian who was in contact with another Chadian who had diagnosed positive.

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Chad
Chad
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Zambia in March 2020.

As of 17 March, the government had shut all educational institutions and put in place some restrictions on foreign travel. 

Zambia reported its first 2 cases of COVID-19 in Lusaka on 18 March. The patients were a couple that had travelled to France on holiday. A third case was recorded on 22 March. The patient was a man who had travelled to Pakistan. 

On March 25, President Edgar Lungu confirmed a total of 12 cases during a live national address.

Zambia recorded its first death on 2 April.

References

History of Zambia
Zambia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Equatorial Guinea on 14 March 2020. 

Equatorial Guinea has a weak healthcare system.

The country's first case was announced on 14 March, a 42-year-old woman in Malabo, who returned to Equatorial Guinea from Madrid.

As of March 24, there were 9 cases in the country, all imported. There were no confirmed cases of community spread in the country at the time.

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Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Gabon in March 2020.

The country's first case was announced on 12 March, a 27-year-old Gabonese man who returned to Gabon from France, four days before the confirmation of the coronavirus.

On 17 March, two additional cases were confirmed in the country, including a woman who works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She visited Marseille and Paris before returning to the country. 

On 20 March, the first death was confirmed.

On 24 March, diagnosed cases increased to six with the Ministry of Health announcing two new cases: a 45-year-old Togolese national, resident of Gabon and who recently returned from Senegal on March 11 and a 42-year-old Gabonese national who returned from France on March 19.

References

21st century in Gabon
Gabon
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached The Gambia in March 2020.

The first case of COVID-19 in The Gambia was reported on 17 March and received treatment at MRC Unit The Gambia's specialist clinic in Fajara. The patient was a woman in her thirties who had travelled to The Gambia from the United Kingdom on 15 March. She went into self-isolation.

Overseas travel by public officials was suspended by a circular issued by President Adama Barrow on 13 March. Barrow ordered all universities to close and for all gatherings to cease on 17 March.

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The Gambia
The Gambia
The Freak Brothers is an adult animated television show. It is based on the iconic 1960s underground comic series called The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. The animated series is about the same characters as the comic book and is set in modern-day San Francisco. The television series is being developed for release in late 2020. 

It features four cannabis-loving, time-traveling “Freaks” from the late 1960s – Freewheelin’ Franklin, Phineas, Fat Freddy and Fat Freddy’s Cat. Known as The Freak Brothers, the show features Woody Harrelson, Tiffany Haddish, Pete Davidson, and John Goodman as voice actors for the 3 Freaks & the cat. 

Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton will be the executive producers, together with Adam Devine and Blake Anderson who will also provide voice acting. The first season will consist of eight 22-minute episodes and will debut in 2020. A mini-episode was released May 6, 2020, titled "Kentucky Fried Freaks".
According to the 2019 announcement it will be animated by Starburns Industries studio, which did Rick & Morty.

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Animated television series
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Sudan in March 2020.

On 13 March 2020, Sudan reported its first COVID-19 case in Khartoum, a man who died on 12 March 2020 and had visited the United Arab Emirates in the first week of March.

Sudan stopped issuing visas for, and flights to, eight countries, including Italy and neighboring Egypt, over fears of the coronavirus outbreak.

References

2020s in Sudan
Sudan
The COVID-19 pandemic spread to Djibouti in March 2020. It is a new infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().

On 18 March, the first COVID-19 case in Djibouti was confirmed, in a member of the Spanish Special Forces who arrived on 14 March for Operation Atalanta and tested positive on 17 March. 

A contractor working for the United States Department of Defense at Camp Lemonnier, the largest and only permanent US military base in Djibouti, tested positive for COVID-19 the same month. A total of 30 cases were confirmed by the end of March.

On 2 April, the World Bank approved US$5 million in emergency funding for Djibouti as part of the Djibouti COVID-19 Response Project. 

By 5 April, the number of confirmed cases had risen to 59.

On 9 April, Djibouti recorded its first coronavirus death. There were 140 people infected with COVID-19, while 28 people recovered. 

On 23 April, the US military in Djibouti declared a public health emergency.
A second case in Camp Lemonnier was confirmed in late April, triggering a permanent lockdown.

References

Djibouti
Djibouti
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached South Sudan on April 5, 2020. As of May 13, there are 203 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Sudan.

On 5 April, the first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed in a 29-year-old patient, a United Nations worker who arrived on 28 February from the Netherlands through Ethiopia. South Sudan thus became the 51st African country (out of 54) to confirm a case.

After 28 people tested positive on 28 April, the curfew was extended to be from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., all restaurants were only allowed to be takeout, and all passenger boda bodas were banned.

South Sudan has a population of 11 million people, but only four ventilators.

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South Sudan
South Sudan
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Rwanda in March 2020.

The first case of COVID-19 in Rwanda was confirmed on 14 March 2020. Four other people were tested after the first case tested positive, bringing the number of cases to five.

On 21 March, officials announced a two-week lockdown. Both public and private employees are to work from home, under strict measures. All borders are also to be closed, cargo and Rwandan nationals being exempt, with a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

On 9 April, three new cases of coronavirus were identified, out of 720 samples examined in the previous 24 hours. This brought the total number of confirmed cases to 113 people (of which seven had recovered).

The Rwandan government was very strict about the pandemic. They had a curfew and made people sit and listen to speeches all night if they were outside during curfew. The police arrested a lot of people, including people who said they were abusing their power during the pandemic.

References
References

History of Rwanda
Rwanda
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached São Tomé and Príncipe on 6 April 2020. The first death was recorded on 30 April.

On 6 April, the first four cases in the country were confirmed.

On 30 April, the first death was reported. At that time, São Tomé and Príncipe had 16 cases, 4 of which had recovered, and 1 death. The deceased was a 55-year old man living in Cantalago.

In order to prevent the spread of the virus, the government put in many travel restrictions and quarantining measures.

References

São Tomé and Príncipe
Sao Tome and Principe
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Uganda in March 2020.

On 18 March, public gatherings including places of worship, pubs, weddings, music shows, rallies and cultural meetings were suspended for 32 days with immediate effect.

On 22 March, the first case of COVID-19 in Uganda was confirmed. The confirmed case was a 36-year-old male who had travelled to Dubai on 17 March 2020 for a business trip.

On 25 March, public transport was suspended for 14 days. Only private cars with not more than three occupants are allowed on the road.

On 30 March, the President declared a nationwide curfew from 7 pm to 6:30 am, which would run for 14 days to prevent the spread of the disease.

References

2020s in Uganda
Uganda
The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait was announced on 24 February 2020.
As of 14 May 2020, there are 11,975 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with recovery of 3,451 cases and 88 deaths.

Cases and response
On 24 February, Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced that there were 3 cases detected coming from Iran that carry coronavirus disease 2019. The first person was a Kuwait I national, 53 years old, while the second was a Saudi national, 61 years old, and the third was a person from the stateless community.

On 25 February, Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced that there were 4 new cases coming from Iran with coronavirus disease 2019.

On 11 March, Kuwaiti Directorate General of Civil Aviation has suspended all travel, except cargo flights, to and from Kuwait starting from 13 March, effectively locking down the nation until further notice.

On 18 March, the Ministry of Health announced 6 new cases for a total of 148. More than 14,000 swipe tests had been conducted by this point.
On 14 May, the Ministry of Health announced 947 new cases for a total of 11,975 and a recovery of 188. The number of patients in ICU is 175, in which 95 are critical and 80 stable. Kuwait reported 6 more deaths bringing the total number of death due to the virus within the country to 88.

References

History of Kuwait
Kuwait
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Myanmar on 23 March 2020.

Cases
On 23 March, Myanmar confirmed its first and second COVID-19 cases.

On 24 March, Myanmar has launched a community lockdown in one village from Chin State to control the spread of the COVID-19.

On 25 March, Myanmar confirmed its third COVID-19 case.

On 31 March 2020, the Committee for Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19), headed by First Vice President Myint Swe and made up of members from many union ministries, was formed by President Win Myint, to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Myanmar.

Aide
Vietnam announced it would send $50,000 to Myanmar worth supplies, including medical tests, to aid the Burmese authorities handling the outbreak, becoming the first country to do so.

References

2020s in Myanmar
Myanmar
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Eswatini in March 2020.

On 14 March, the country's first case of COVID-19 was  confirmed. A 33-year-old woman, who returned from the United States at the end of February and then traveled to Lesotho before returning home to Eswatini, is currently in isolation. Two suspected cases were identified by 11 March 2020, the first a woman returning from Denmark (or possibly Germany), and the other a woman who had hosted visitors from Germany.

On 24 March 2020, the ministry of health announced a fifth confirmed case. A 52-year-old male who had traveled to the United States earlier in the same month had tested positive.

On 16 April 2020, the country recorded its first COVID-19-related death, a 59-year-old man with diabetes.

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Eswatini
Eswatini
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Luxembourg on 29 February 2020. As of , there are  confirmed cases, with  deaths, and  recoveries in Luxembourg.
 

On 29 February the Ministry of Health of Luxembourg confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in the country. The patient was a man in his forties who had returned from Italy via Charleroi, Belgium. 

On 13 March, Minister for Health Paulette Lenert, Minister for Mobility François Bausch, and Minister for Family Affairs Corinne Cahen held a press conference to confirm another 8 cases and Luxembourg's first death, which was a 94-year-old who had been in critical condition.

References

21st century in Luxembourg
Luxembourg
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 March 2020 in Banja Luka, who had been in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Later the same day, a second case who was the son of the first case. 

On 21 March 2020, the first death in the country from COVID-19 was announced in a hospital in Bihać. The patient was an elderly woman who had been hospitalized two days before.

As of 13 May 2020, in Bosnia and Herzegovina there were 2182 confirmed coronavirus cases, of which 1168 were in Republika Srpska, 994 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 20 in Brčko District.

On 17 March 2020, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared a state of emergency in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Lesotho on 13 May 2020.

Until May 2020, Lesotho was the last country in Africa to have no reported coronavirus disease 2019 cases during the global pandemic.

The country did not have the ability to test for the virus, and so, in order to prevent the spread of the virus the government closed its border with South Africa. 

On 18 March, the government declared a national emergency despite having no confirmed cases, and closed schools until 17 April (but allowed school meals to continue). 

Arriving travelers were to be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane announced a three-week lock down from midnight 29 March. 

Lesotho began sending its samples to South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases for testing. Lesotho began lifting some aspects of the lockdown on 5 May.

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Lesotho
Lesotho
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached East Timor in March 2020.

On 10 February entry for non-nationals who had visited China within the past 4 weeks was restricted. Those who had visited Hubei were banned, while those who had visited other areas of China could enter with a valid medical certificate.

On 21 February students who had been studying in Wuhan arrived in East Timor following a period of quarantine in New Zealand.

On 19 March, East Timor closed its borders with Indonesia.

On 21 March, East Timor confirmed its first imported COVID-19 case. The place where it started is unknown.

On 6 April, Parliament approved urgent measures to deal with the pandemic.

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East Timor
East Timor
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Papua New Guinea on 20 March 2020. On 4 May, all known cases recovered.

On 20 March, the first case in Papua New Guinea was confirmed.

On 7 April, Papua New Guinea confirmed its second case of COVID-19.

On 4 May, acting Health Secretary Dr Paison Dakulala reported that all known cases had recovered, but stressed that they didn't know what they are fighting. 2,400 tests had been carried out with the bulk in Port Moresby.

On 5 May, the schools reopened, however some schools required face mask and others sent their students back home again.

On 7 August, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

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Papua New Guinea
On 16 April 2020, a Gundas group lynched two Hindu Sadhus and their driver in Gadchinchale, Palghar District, Maharashtra, India. The incident was fuelled by WhatsApp rumours of thieves operating in the area during the countrywide coronavirus lockdown. The vigilante group of villagers had mistaken the three passengers as thieves and killed them. Policemen who intervened were also attacked; four policemen and a senior police officer were injured.

As of 4 May, 115 villagers had been arrested by the Maharashtra police on charges of murder and an investigation was ongoing. After the incident, rumours were spread to increase religious tension. On 22 April, Maharashtra Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh posted a complete list of people arrested, stating that none of the arrested were Muslims. The government said that both the attackers and the victims were of same religion.

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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) is a public university of Bangladesh. It is the oldest engineering university of the country. It has been ranked 175th among the Asian universities in the QS World University Ranking 2019.

Campus

Faculties and departments 
BUET has 18 departments under five faculties:
Faculty of Architecture and Planning:
 Department of Architecture (Arch)
 Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP)
 Department of Humanities (Hum)
Faculty of Civil Engineering:
 Department of Civil Engineering (CE)
 Department of Water Resources Engineering (WRE)
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering:
 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
 Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering:
 Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME)
 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)
 Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)
Faculty of Engineering:
 Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE)
 Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering (MME)
 Department of Chemistry (Chem)
 Department of Mathematics (Math)
 Department of Physics (Phys)
 Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering (PMRE)
 Department of Glass and Ceramic Engineering (GCE)
Institutes
There are six institutes in BUET. They are:
 Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM)
 Institute of Appropriate Technology (IAT)
 Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT)
 Accident Research Institute (ARI)
 BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS)
 Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering (INPE)

Research Centers
 Centre for Energy Studies (CES)
 Centre for Environmental and Resource Management (CERM)
 Biomedical Engineering Centre (BEC)
 Bureau of Research, Testing & Consultation (BRTC)
 International Training Network Centre (ITN)
 Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety (BNUS)

Directorates
 Directorate of Advisory, Extension and Research Services (DAERS)
 Directorate of Students’ Welfare (DSW)
 Directorate of Planning and Development (P&D)
 Directorate of Continuing Education (DCE)

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Other websites

 Official BUET Web Site
 BUET Central Library
 BUET: The profiles of IEEE fellows 
BUET EEE Department
BUET BIIS
1876 establishments
Colleges and universities in Dhaka
1870s establishments in Asia
Richard Gilder, Jr. (May 31, 1932 – May 12, 2020), was an American businessman, philanthropist and conservative political donor. He was the co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He donated to many charities including Central Park, the New-York Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History. Gilder was born in New York City.

Gilder died on May 12, 2020 at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia of congestive heart failure, aged 87.

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Businesspeople from New York City
Lewis E. "Lew" Lehrman (born August 15, 1938) is an American investment banker, businessman, Republican politician, economist, and historian. He supports the ongoing study of American history. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

He was presented the National Humanities Medal at the White House in 2005 for his contributions to American History, the study of President Abraham Lincoln and monetary policy.

Career
He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Lincoln Forum. Lehrman authored Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point, (2008), Lincoln "by littles" (2013). Churchill, Roosevelt & Company (2017) and Lincoln & Churchill: Statesmen at War (2018).

His works on monetary policy include True Gold Standard, Newly Revised and Enlarged, Second Edition (2012) and Money, Gold, and History (2013) as well as co-authoring Money and the Coming World Order (1976) and The Case for Gold (1982).
He has written for major news publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

He is a senior partner at L. E. Lehrman & Co., an investment firm he established in 1981. He is also the chairman of the Lehrman Institute, a public policy research and grant making foundation founded in 1972.

Honors
He and Richard Gilder were awarded the National Humanities Medal in an Oval Office ceremony on Thursday, November 10, 2005. The Medal was presented by President George W. Bush.

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1938 births
Living people
American political writers
American historians
American philanthropists
Writers from Pennsylvania
Businesspeople from Pennsylvania
Politicians from Pennsylvania
Republican Party (United States) politicians
Lois Cleveland Chiles (born April 15, 1947) is an American actress and former fashion model. She was born in Houston, Texas.

Chiles is known for her roles as a Bond girl Dr. Holly Goodhead in the 1979 James Bond movie Moonraker, and as a driver in 1987's Creepshow 2, as well as such movies as The Great Gatsby, The Way We Were, Death on the Nile and Broadcast News.

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American movie actors
American television actors
Models from Texas
Actors from Houston
Actresses who played Bond girls
Mischa de Vreede (17 September 1936 – 12 May 2020) was a Dutch poet and writer. She was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. She made her debut in the collection of poetry Morgen mooi weer maken in 1957. 

In 1959 she was awarded the Herman Gorterprijs for the poem Een jong meisje droomt. She wrote columns for, among others, VARA radio, wrote children books reviews for NRC Handelsblad and was a speaker for the organization Schrijvers School Samenleving. She also wrote travel reports for Vrij Nederland.

Her last novel was Heilige Dagen in 2007.

Vreede died in Amsterdam on 12 May 2020 after a long-illness, aged 83.

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1936 births
2020 deaths
Literary critics
Dutch columnists
Dutch novelists
Dutch poets
People from Batavia
Rolf Hochhuth (1 April 1931 – 13 May 2020) was a German writer and playwright. He was best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy. His works were controversial as they talked about unpopular opinions of the Holocaust. He also defended Holocaust denier David Irving. Hochhuth was born in Eschwege, Germany.

Hochhuth died on 13 May 2020 in Berlin, aged 89.

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1931 births
2020 deaths
German critics
German playwrights
Keith Lyons (7 May 1952 – 13 May 2020) was a Welsh-born Australian educator and sports scientist. His works were analysis of performance in sport. He was the author of the first book on the use of video in sport. He was born in Buckley, Wales.

Lyons founded the Centre for Notational Analysis at the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education in 1992. He moved to Australia in 2002 to take up a position as the founding Coordinator of Performance Analysis at the Australian Institute of Sport. He was the founding Director of the Institute of Sport Studies at the University of Canberra in 2009. 

Lyons died on 13 May 2020 in Braidwood, New South Wales at the age of 68.

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1952 births
2020 deaths
Australian writers
Welsh writers
Australian educators
Buckley ( ) is a town and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales,  from the county town of Mold.

Buckley is the second largest town in Flintshire in terms of population. At the 2011 Census, its community had a population of 15,665. When the contiguous Argoed community is included, Buckley has a population of 21,502.

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Towns in Flintshire
Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature. He was born in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India.

He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952). He was a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh liberation war and a member of the National Education Commission. 

He was made a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2018.

Anisuzzaman died on 14 May 2020 in Dhaka of kidney and heart disease, aged

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1937 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from kidney disease
Deaths from heart disease
Bangladeshi writers
Jerzy Łapiński (born Jerzy Gaździński; 2 November 1940 – 14 May 2020) was a Polish actor. He was born in Lublin, Poland. His career began in 1960. He was known for voice dubbing Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter movies in Polish and as Poodle in the 2000 comedy movie A Very Christmas Story.

Łapiński died on 14 May 2020, aged 79.

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1940 births
2020 deaths
Polish movie actors
Polish television actors
Polish voice actors
Polish stage actors
The Prime Minister of Lebanon, officially the President of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. The Prime Minister is appointed (and removed) by the President of Lebanon.

List of officeholders

Living former prime ministers

Notes

References
Najib Azmi Mikati (; born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician. In 2021, he became the Prime Minister of Lebanon. He was the prime minister before twice, from April 2005 to July 2005 and again from 2011 to 2014.

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1955 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Lebanon
Hassan Diab (; born 6 January 1959) is a Lebanese politician, engineer, and academic. He has been the Prime Minister of Lebanon since 21 January 2020. He was the Minister of Education from 2011 to 2014, under President Michel Suleiman.

On 10 August 2020, Diab announced his resignation along with his government due to the Lebanese government's failure to prevent the 2020 Beirut explosions. He left office on 10 September 2021 when Najib Mikati was picked as his replacement.

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1959 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Lebanon
The president of the Lebanese Republic is the head of state of Lebanon. The president is elected by the parliament for a term of six years, which is not renewable.

List

French Mandate (1926–1943)

Post-independence (1943–present)

Living former presidents

Notes

References
Amine Pierre Gemayel (; born 22 January 1942) is a Lebanese politician. He was the President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988 and was the leader of Kataeb Party.

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1942 births
Living people
Presidents of Lebanon
The president of Zambia is the head of state and the head of government of Zambia. The office was first held by Kenneth Kaunda following independence in 1964. 

Since 31 August 1991 the president is also the head of government, as the position of Prime Minister was abolished in the last months of Kaunda's presidential term.
 
The president is elected for a term of five years.

List

Officeholders

References
The following is a list of presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe, since the establishment of the office of president in 1975.

Presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe (1975–present)

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References

Other websites
 World Statesmen – São Tomé and Príncipe
Leonel Mário d'Alva (born 1935) is a São Toméan politician. He was Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 21 December 1974 until 12 July 1975, when the country gained independence from Portugal.

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Living people
1935 births
Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe
Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada (born December 27, 1937) was Prime Minister (1975–1979) and President (1991–2001) of São Tomé and Príncipe.

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Trovoada, Miguel
Living people
Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe
Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
Manuel Quintas de Almeida (1957 – 26 December 2006) was a lieutenant in the military of São Tomé and Príncipe. He led a coup against the democratically elected government of President Miguel Trovoada on 15 August 1995.

He died on 26 December 2006, aged 52.

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Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe
1957 births
2006 deaths
Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes (born March 21, 1942) was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2001 to 2011.

References

Other websites
 President Menezes' address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 2008

1942 births
Living people
Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe
Fernando "Cobo" Pereira is a major in the military of São Tomé and Príncipe.

He led a coup against the elected government of Fradique de Menezes on July 16, 2003. He gave up power a week later as part of an agreement.

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Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe
Living people
1963 births
African military people
Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho (22 October 1941 – 28 May 2022) was a São Toméan politician. He was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 3 September 2016 to 2 October 2021. He was the Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 7 July 1994 to 25 October 1994 and again from 26 September 2001 to 28 March 2002. He was a member of the Independent Democratic Action (ADI) party.

Carvalho died from a short-illness on 28 May 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal at the age of 80.

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1941 births
2022 deaths
Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe
Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
Current national leaders