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The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria was announced on February 27 2020, when an Italian citizen in Lagos tested positive for the virus SARS-CoV-2. On March 9, 2020, a second case of the virus was reported in Ewekoro, Ogun State, in a Nigerian citizen who had contact with the Italian citizen. On March 23, there were ten new cases: six in Lagos State, three in the FCT and one in Edo State. They also confirmed their first death, a 67-year-old Suleiman Achimugu. Economics. Nigeria is Africa's largest economy, and it has a large oil industry. It was hit hard when oil prices fell below zero in spring 2020 because of the pandemic. According to the World Data Lab, the coronavirus pandemic is bad for Africa's middle class. According to one economist from the Africa and the Middle East at Standard Chartered Bank, a middle-class person is someone who is not rich but does have a steady income. One of the industries that has helped Africa's middle class rise over the past 30 years is tourism, and many countries closed borders and encouraged people not to travel. Experts say this is especially bad because a strong middle class lifts the whole country.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Benin in March 2020. On 16 March, the first COVID-19 case in the country was confirmed in Porto-Novo, the capital of Benin.  Three days later, the second confirmed case was reported. The city suspended many international flights and people coming into the country by air were being kept under 14 days' mandatory isolation. People in Benin were told to wear masks and go outside home only if required.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached North Macedonia in February 2020. Cases. The first case in the country was mainly connected with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy as there are about 70,000 residents of Italy from North Macedonia. This resulted in many people returning to North Macedonia, bringing the virus with them. It was confirmed in 26 February.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Ukraine when its first case was confirmed to be hospitalized in Chernivtsi Oblast on 3 March 2020. It was a man who had travelled from Italy to Romania by plane and then arrived in Ukraine by car. As of 20 March, an emergency was declared in Kyiv Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and in the city of Kyiv. Statistics for the Russian-held Crimea and city of Sevastopol, and for the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine are not reported by Ukraine.
Radhacharan Debbarma (born 10 January 1963) is an Indian Politician and former chief executive member of TTAADC. He is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and present day he serving as Secretary of Ganamukti Parishad., Ganamukti Parishad is a tribal wing of the Communist party. His term expired on 17 May 2020 and the election was postponed for the global COVID-19 pandemic, TTAADC is currently under Governor's rule. Early life. He was born on 10 January 1963 in a middle-class family in Indian state Tripura. He also served as General Secretary of Tribal Students' Union. He had done his graduation from "Maharaja Bir Bikram College" and Master Degree in History from Calcutta University. Political career. Debbarma showing interest in politics from his early life. He serving 2 terms as Executive Member of TTAADC from 1995-2000 and again 2005-2015. In 2015 Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election he won his seat by a margin of 8901 votes and led his government.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas is part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Background. The outbreak was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, declared to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. It was confirmed to have reached the Bahamas on 15 March 2020 with the announcement of the first case. Cases. On 15 March, Acting Minister of Health Jeffrey Lloyd announced the first confirmed case, a 61-year-old female. Response. On March 20, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced a 9pm to 5am curfew, restrictions on private gatherings, and closure of most in-person businesses, with limited hours for food stores and farmers' markets, pharmacies, gas stations, laundromats, banks, construction, and restaurants (limited to take-out only).  Essential workers for the government, utilities, and media were told to work, as were health care providers and suppliers. The airport remained open, but only essential travel was allowed on public buses.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Niger in March 2020. Amnesty International reported that journalists have been arrested over reporting about the pandemic. On 19 March, the first case in the country was confirmed in Niamey, being a 36-year-old man from Nigeria. He had travelled to Lomé, Accra, Abidjan and Ouagadougou. Niger reported a total of 7 cases on March 25, including the first death related to COVID-19 in the country (24 March). The death happened in Niamey, being a 63-year old Nigerian national.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the West Bank on 5 March 2020, beginning the COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine.  Cases. The Palestinian health ministry said the cases had first been detected at a hotel in the Bethlehem area, where a group of Greek tourists had visited the hotel in late February. Two of them were later diagnosed with the virus. The first two cases in Gaza City, Gaza were diagnosed on 21 March. There are 20 cases as of 13 May 2020, 14 of whom have recovered as of the same date. Statistics. The table below shows the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Governorates of Palestine.
Jürgen Osterhammel (born 1952 in Wipperfürth, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German historian specialized in world history. Academia. Osterhammel started his academic career as a research fee student at the London School of Economics in 1976/77 and studied and worked there under Professor Ian Nish. In 1980 he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Kassel (Germany) in modern history. Two years later he started as a fellow at the German Historical Institute in London. Between 1986 and 1990 he was a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Freiburg (Germany). He then worked for seven years as professor of modern history at the "FernUniversität Hagen", a distance-learning university in Germany. He has also worked as a professor of modern history at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and the in the same position in the University of Konstanz (Germany) in 1999. In 2001-2002 he was a fellow at the "Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study" in the Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2004 he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea. In 2014 he was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the "British Academy". Awards. In 2018 he received the "Balzan Prize" for Global History "For his fundamental contribution to studies in global history and the definition of the discipline. For his method, which combines the rigour of empirical research while opening onto wide perspectives in an admirably balanced way, both through comparison and through the study of interconnected histories. For his elegant, fascinating style of writing." Earlier (2017), he won the Balzan Prize.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Romania on February 26, 2020, with the first confirmed case in Gorj County. As of May 14, the Romanian Government reports 14,066 people put in quarantine, a further 18,118 in home isolation under medical supervision, and 286,217 tests having been processed. On February 21, following a COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the Romanian government announced a 14-day quarantine for citizens returning from the affected regions. On February 26, the Minister of Education and Research required schools to spread awareness about coronavirus. On March 14, after over 101 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus, Romania entered the third COVID-19 scenario. The third scenario goes from 101 to 2,000 cases. On April 7, a 53 year old paramedic from Suceava became the first reported casualty among Romanian medical personnel. As of April 18, there were over a thousand infected medical staff in the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Morocco on 2 March 2020, when the first case COVID-19 case was confirmed in Casablanca. It involved a Moroccan living in Bergamo, Italy who arrived from Italy on 27 February 2020. A second case was confirmed later that same day involving an 89-year-old woman Moroccan living in Italy who had returned to Morocco on 25 February 2020 from Bologna, Italy. She subsequently died on 10 March 2020. After the two cases confirmed on 2 March 2020, a third case was confirmed on 10 March 2020, a French tourist who arrived in Marrakesh. On 11 March 2020, it was announced that the wife and daughter of the French tourist also tested positive, bringing the total cases to 5. On 13 March, the government decided to shut down all schools, effective March 16 until further notice. Morocco declared a state of medical emergency on 19 March 2020, to take effect on 20 March 2020 at 6:00 pm local time and to remain in effect until April 20, 2020 with possibility to extend for a longer period.
The first two cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two people returned from Norway and Turkey. On 11 March, President Nana Akufo-Addo announced a budget increase of an equal amount to $US100 million available to increase Ghana's coronavirus and response plan. Traveling to Ghana had been strongly discouraged until further notice from countries where at least 200 cases of COVID-19 were recorded was declared. On 15 March, President Nana Akufo-Addo banned all public gatherings including conferences, education facilities, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, church activities and other related events to reduce the spread of COVID-19. On 12 November, the country's first president Jerry Rawlings died from the infection in Accra, aged 73.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Togo in March 2020. On 6 March, Togolese authorities announced the first COVID-19 case, a 42-year-old Togolese woman who travelled between Germany, France, Turkey, and Benin before returning to Togo. On this date, it was reported that she was being treated in isolation and her condition was stable. On 20 March, nine more cases were confirmed in Togo.  On 21 March, seven more cases were confirmed. All borders to the country were closed. The cities of Lomé, Tsévié, Kpalimé, and Sokodé have been quarantined starting on 20 March for two weeks. On 27 March, the first death occurred.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (the Turkish-Cypriot-controlled "de facto" state made up of the north of the island), in March 2020. On 10 March 2020, Health Minister Ali Pilli announced the Northern Cyprus's first case of COVID-19, a 65-year-old tourist from Germany. On 12 March, the country's second case was confirmed, being the spouse of the German tourist who became the first person diagnosed with COVID-19. On 17 March, the 2020 presidential election was delayed for 6 months due to the outbreak. On 24 March, over 840 German national tourists were sent back to Germany after being quarantined for 14 days. On 28 March, the first person died from COVID-19. On May 11 the last coronavirus patient had been discharged from hospital and there was no active case left.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Ivory Coast in March 2020. On 11 March, Ivory Coast recorded its first case of COVID-19. It was an Ivory Coast national who had recently been to Italy.  On 16 March, the government announced that the total number of confirmed cases had risen to six, and that the patient identified on 11 March had made a recovery. Ivory Coast also suspended flights for countries that had more than 100 cases for 15 days, only allowing citizens and residents, and closed all schools for an initial 30 days. On 20 March, the government announced five more confirmed cases, bringing the total number to 14. The same day the government decided to close all borders from midnight on 22 March until further notice. On 27 March, 5 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total over the 100 benchmark with a total of 101 cases along with 2 patients recovering, thus bringing the total of recovered to 3.  A 58-year-old female patient with diabetes, in a coma since 25 March, became the first death.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burkina Faso on 9 March 2020.  The death of , 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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(-19) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.