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Radhacharan Debbarma

**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's 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.

## Other websites

- CPI(M) Tripura State Committee

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Radha Charan Debbarma
- **alt**: Radha Charan Debbarma salute to Indian National Flag after flag hoisting
- **caption**: Radha Charan Debbarma salute to Indian National Flag after flag hoisting
- **office**: Chief Executive Member of TTAADC
- **term start**: 17 May 2015
- **term end**: 17 May 2020
- **predecessor**: Ranjit Debbarma
- **successor**: Governor's rule
- **office1**: Executive Member of TTAADC
- **constituency1**: Jirania S.T
- **term start1**: 2005
- **term end1**: 2015
- **office2**: Leader of Opposition in TTAADC
- **term start2**: 2000
- **term end2**: 2005
- **office3**: Executive Member,TTAADC
- **term start3**: 1995
- **term end3**: 2000
- **party**: Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- **birth place**: Tripura, India
- **alma mater**: Maharaja Bir Bikram College(B.A)
 Calcutta University(M.A-History)
- **residence**: Mandwi
COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas
- **map1**: The Bahamas on the globe (Americas centered).svg
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: The Bahamas
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China
- **first case**: New Providence
- **arrival date**: 15 March 2020
()
COVID-19 pandemic in Niger

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Niger
- **disease**: coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19
- **virus strain**: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Niger
- **first case**: Niamey
- **arrival date**: 19 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, China
- **recovery cases**: 1,027 <small>(as of 26 July)</small>
- **deaths**: 69 <small>(as of 26 July)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 1,132 <small>(as of 26 July)</small>
- **active cases**: 36 <small>(as of 26 July)</small>
COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine

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.

|Governorate|Cases|Deaths|Recoveries|Active Cases||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align: right;"|59|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|41|style="text-align: right;"|18|
|style="text-align: right;"|20|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|14|style="text-align: right;"|6|
|style="text-align: right;"|60|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|12|style="text-align: right;"|48|
|style="text-align: right;"|4|style="text-align: right;"|1|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|3|
|style="text-align: right;"|1|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|1|style="text-align: right;"|0|
|style="text-align: right;"|140|style="text-align: right;"|1|style="text-align: right;"|68|style="text-align: right;"|71|
|style="text-align: right;"|7|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|4|style="text-align: right;"|3|
|style="text-align: right;"|77|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|36|style="text-align: right;"|41|
|style="text-align: right;"|1|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|1|
|style="text-align: right;"|6|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|0|style="text-align: right;"|6|

## Related pages

- COVID-19 pandemic in the Gaza Strip

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine
- **image**: File:COVID-19, Salfit 002.jpg
- **image size**: 250
- **caption**: Empty streets in Salfit in March 2020
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: State of Palestine
- **first case**: Bethlehem
- **arrival date**: 5 March 2020
(Duration, )
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China
- **confirmed cases**: 375
- **deaths**: 2
- **active cases**: 63
- **recovery cases**: 310
Jürgen Osterhammel

**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.

## Areas of Research

- Colonialism
- Eurasian history since the 18th century
- History and theory of historiography
- World or global history

## Selected bibliography

- _Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview_ (2nd edn., Princeton 2005)
- _Globalization: A Short History_ (with Niels P. Petersson, Princeton 2005)
- _The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century_ (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014)
- _Decolonization: A Short History_ (with Jan C. Jansen, Princeton University Press, 2017)

## Other websites

- Jurgen Osterhammel on Amazon
- Detailed interview with J. Osterhammel in the journal Itinerario
COVID-19 pandemic in Romania

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- **map1**:
- **legend1**: Cases in Romania by Counties of Romania, county.
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Romania
- **first case**: Prigoria, Gorj County, Gorj
- **arrival date**: February 26, 2020
()
- **confirmed cases**: 16,247
- **severe cases**: 225
- **active cases**: 6,148
- **recovery cases**: 9,053
- **deaths**: 1,046
- **territories**: 41 Counties of Romania, counties and Bucharest
COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco

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.

## Timeline

|rowspan="2"|Date|colspan="3"|Total|rowspan="2"|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|March 2020|617|24|36|||
|April 2020|4,423|984|170|||
|May 2020|7,807|5,459|205|||
|June 2020|12,533|8,920|228|||
|July 2020|24,322|17,658|353|||
|August 2020|62,590|47,595|1,141|||
|September 2020|121,183||2,152|||
|October 2020|219,084|181,275|3,695|||
|November 2020|356,336|305,291|5,846|||
|December 2020|439,193|407,504|7,388|||
|January 2021|471,157|449,160|8,275|||
|February 2021|483,654|469,046|8,623|||
|March 2021|496,097|483,363|8,818|||
|April 2021|511,249|497,651|9,023|||
|May 2021|519,216|507,125|9,147|||
|June 2021|531,361|517,576|9,296|||
|July 2021|623,528|561,930|9,785|||
|August 2021|860,948|793,607|12,649|||
|September 2021|933,071|906,160|14,267|||
|October 2021|946,145|926,433|14,668|||
|November 2021|949,917|932,291|14,776|||
|December 2021|963,062|940,193|14,849|||
|January 2022|1,132,716|1,076,471|15,400|||
|February 2022|1,160,975|1,140,720|15,988|||
|March 2022|1,163,274|1,146,563|16,060|||
|April 2022|1,164,953|1,148,474|16,069|||
|May 2022|1,168,303|1,150,599|16,076|||
|June 2022|1,216,909|1,175,362|16,109|||
|July 2022|1,260,978|1,240,118|16,237|||
|August 2022|1,264,549|1,247,915|16,274|||
|September 2022|1,264,961|1,248,554|16,278|||
|October 2022|1,265,601|1,249,100|16,281|||
|November 2022|1,268,823|1,251,256|16,284|||
|December 2022|1,271,595|1,254,848|16,294|||
|January 2023|1,272,240|1,255,881|16,296|||

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Morocco
- **first case**: Casablanca
- **arrival date**: 2 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Lombardy, Italy via Wuhan, China
- **website**: [http://www.covidmaroc.ma covidmaroc.ma]
COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
- **image**: 3D medical animation corona virus-ar.jpg
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Ghana
- **first case**: Accra
- **arrival date**: 12 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Norway/Turkey/France
- **recovery cases**: 514 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **deaths**: 24 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 5,408  <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **active cases**: 4,870 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
COVID-19 pandemic in Togo

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Togo
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Togo
- **first case**: Lomé
- **arrival date**: 6 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China via France or Germany
- **recovery cases**: 612 <small>(as of 28 July)</small>
- **deaths**: 18 <small>(as of 24 July)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 896 <small>(as of 28 July)</small>
- **active cases**: 266 <small>(as of 28 July)</small>
COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Cyprus

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- **first case**: Nicosia
- **arrival date**: 10 March 2020
()
- **first outbreak**: Wuhan, China
- **recovery cases**: 104
- **deaths**: 4
- **confirmed cases**: 108
- **website**: [https://saglik.gov.ct.tr/COVID-19-GENEL-DURUM Official website]
COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast
- **map1**: COVID-19 Pandémie coronavirus en Côte d'Ivoire par District.svg
- **legend1**: Number of cases by District.
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Ivory Coast
- **first case**: Abidjan
- **arrival date**: 11 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, China
- **recovery cases**: 902 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **deaths**: 24 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 1,912 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **active cases**: 986 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
Zaatari

**Zaatari refugee camp** is a refugee camp. It is located in Jordan, about  from the Syrian border.  It is one of the world's largest refugee camps. it is the world's largest camp for Syrian refugees. It developed into a permanent setltement, with a main street, and a market along the main street. In August 2015, UNHCR estimated a population of 79.900 people. The camp covers an  area of about .  Over time, Zaatari  has grown to be Jordan's fourth-largest settlement.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **population total**: 78,908
- **population blank1 title**: Ethnicities
- **population density km2**: 24212
- **population note**: figures from 2 January 2018 (UNHCR)
- **population as of**: 2015
- **area total km2**: 5.2
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area code**: +(962)2
- **timezone**: UTC+2
- **utc offset dst**: +3
- **timezone dst**: UTC+3
- **utc offset**: +2
- **established date**: July 2012
- **name**: Zaatari
- **flag size**: 180px
- **imagesize**: 300px
- **image skyline**: File:An_Aerial_View_of_the_Za%27atri_Refugee_Camp.jpg
- **settlement type**: Refugee camp
- **native name**: مخيم الزعتري
- **pushpin map**: Jordan
- **established title**: Settled
- **leader name**: Hovig Etyemezian
- **leader title**: Camp Manager
- **pushpin label position**: bottom
- **subdivision name1**: Mafraq Governorate
- **subdivision type1**: Governorates of Jordan, Governorate
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Jordan
- **pushpin mapsize**: 300
COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Burkina Faso
- **first case**: Ouagadougou
- **arrival date**: 9 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, China
- **recovery cases**: 592 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **deaths**: 51 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 773 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **active cases**: 130 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
COVID-19 pandemic in Albania

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Albania
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Albania
- **first case**: Tirana
- **arrival date**: 8 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China
COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
- **map1**: COVID-19 Cases in Cyprus per capita 7 May 2020.png
- **legend1**: Map of the pandemic in Cyprus per 100,000 population by District
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Cyprus
- **first case**: Limassol and Nicosia
- **arrival date**: 9 March 2020
()
- **recovery cases**: 481
- **deaths**: 24
- **confirmed cases**: 907
(excluding COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Cyprus, occupied regions)
- **website**: [https://www.covid19.cy www.covid19.cy]
COVID-19 pandemic in Malta

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Malta
- **disease**: coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19
- **virus strain**: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Malta
- **arrival date**: 7 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China
- **deaths**: 11
- **recovery cases**: 1313
- **active cases**: 538
- **confirmed cases**: 1862
COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus

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.

## Related pages

- PCR test
- liver
- COPD

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
- **map1**: COVID-19 Cases in Belarus, 13.03.2020.png
- thumb
- **legend1**: Number of confirmed cases by region (as of 20 April):
- **disease**: Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19
- **virus strain**: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Belarus
- **first case**: Minsk
- **arrival date**: 28 February 2020 **()**
- **origin**: Wuhan, China
- **confirmed cases**: 26,772
- **recovery cases**: 8,168
- **deaths**: 151
COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Liberia
- **first case**: Margibi County
- **arrival date**: 16 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, China
- **recovery cases**: 101 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **deaths**: 20 <small>(as of 8 May)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 213 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **active cases**: 92 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **website**: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Government-Organization/National-Public-Health-Institute-of-Liberia-NPHIL-164280647325112/
COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Senegal
- **first case**: Dakar
- **arrival date**: 2 March 2020
()
- **origin**: France
- **recovery cases**: 782 <small>(as of 14 May)</small>
- **deaths**: 21 <small>(as of 14 May)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 2,105 <small>(as of 14 May)</small>
- **active cases**: 1,302 <small>(as of 14 May)</small>
COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria

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.

## Related pages

- MERS and MERS-CoV
- Aspiration (pneumonia)
- COVID-19 in China.
- Pancreas

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
- **map1**: COVID-19_Outbreak_cases_in_Bulgaria.png
- **legend1**: Number of confirmed cases in Bulgaria by province (as of 7 May)
- **disease**: coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19
- **virus strain**: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Bulgaria
- **first case**: Pleven, Gabrovo
- **arrival date**: 8 March 2020
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China (globally)
- **deaths**: 99
- **website**: [https://www.mh.government.bg/bg/informaciya-za-grazhdani/potvrdeni-sluchai-na-koronavirus-na-teritoriyata-na-r-blgariya/ Bulgarian Ministry of Health]
[https://www.coronavirus.bg Coronavirus.bg]
- **confirmed cases**: 2,100
- **active cases**: 1,480
- **recovery cases**: 521
COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Somalia
- **arrival date**: 16 March 2020
()
- **origin**: China
- **recovery cases**: 106 <small>(as of 7 May)</small>
- **deaths**: 44 <small>(as of 7 May)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 928 <small>(as of 7 May)</small>
- **active cases**: 778 <small>(as of 7 May)</small>
- **website**: https://twitter.com/SomaliaCovid19
COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Azerbaijan
- **first case**: Baku
- **arrival date**: 28 February 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China; Iran
- **website**: [https://koronavirusinfo.az/ Official information portal]
COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia
- **map1**: Map of cases of COVID-19 in Latvia by region, continued.svg
- **legend1**: Map of cases of COVID-19 in Latvia by municipality.
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Latvia
- **first case**: Riga
- **arrival date**: 2 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Italy and Germany
- **confirmed cases**: 951
- **hospitalized cases**: 31
- **severe cases**: 29
- **critical cases**: 2
- **recovery cases**: 627
- **deaths**: 19
- **active cases**: 305
- **territories**: All (Kurzeme, Zemgale, Vidzeme, Latgale)
- **website**: https://covid19.gov.lv
COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Bermuda
- **arrival date**: 18 March 2020
()
- **recovery cases**: 66
- **deaths**: 8
- **confirmed cases**: 121
COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Madagascar
- **first case**: Antananarivo
- **arrival date**: 13 March 2020
()
- **recovery cases**: 9,798 (as of 4 August)
- **deaths**: 127 (as of 4 August)
- **confirmed cases**: 12,222 (as of 4 August) (Johns Hopkins University, JHU)
COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country)

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country)
- **map1**: COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Georgia per regional unit (municipality).svg
- **legend1**: Map of the COVID-19 outbreak in Georgia as of 12 April 2020 per municipality.
(as of 12 April):
Red dots represent medical centers currently treating patients

- **disease**: Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19
- **virus strain**: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Georgia (country), Georgia
- **first case**: Tbilisi
- **arrival date**: 26 February 2020 ()
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China
- **confirmed cases**: 667
- **recovery cases**: 383
- **deaths**: 12
COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
- **map1**: Kazakhstan COVID-19 cases map.svg
- **legend1**: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in administrative divisions of Kazakhstan
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Kazakhstan
- **first case**: Almaty
- **arrival date**: 13 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, China
- **recovery cases**: 2,223
- **deaths**: 32
- **confirmed cases**: 5,417
COVID-19 pandemic in Turkmenistan

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.

## Related pages

- pneumonia
- Staphylococcus aureus
- choking

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Turkmenistan
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Turkmenistan
- **first outbreak**: Wuhan, China
COVID-19 pandemic in Laos

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Laos
- **disease**: Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19
- **virus strain**: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Laos
- **first case**: Vientiane
- **arrival date**: 24 March 2020
()
- **recovery cases**: 14
- **deaths**: 0
- **confirmed cases**: 19
- **suspected cases**: 318
COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan
- **map1**: File:COVID-19 in Uzbekistan.svg
- thumb
- Visualization of COVID-19 spread in Uzbekistan regions
- **disease**: Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19
- **virus strain**: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Uzbekistan
- **first case**: Tashkent
- **arrival date**: 15 March 2020
()
- **origin**: France
- **confirmed cases**: 16,186
- **recovery cases**: 9,127
- **deaths**: 83
COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo
- **map1**: COVID-19 Outbreak Number of Cases in Kosovo by Municipalities.svg
- **legend1**: Map of municipalities with confirmed (red) coronavirus cases (as of 19 April)
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Kosovo
- **first case**: Vitia
- **arrival date**: 13 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China via Italy
- **confirmed cases**: 927
- **active cases**: 227
- **recovery cases**: 671
- **deaths**: 29
COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
- **map1**: COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Cambodia.svg
- **legend1**: Map of provinces with confirmed cases
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Cambodia
- **first case**: Sihanoukville Province, Sihanoukville
- **arrival date**: 27 January 2020
**()**
- **origin**: Wuhan, Hubei, China
- **recovery cases**: 133,206
- **deaths**: 3,056
- **confirmed cases**: 136,262
 14,156 tests conducted (as of 12 May)
- **active cases**: 0
- **territories**: 12 provinces and Phnom Penh
COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon
- **map1**: COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Cameroon.svg
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Cameroon
- **first case**: Yaoundé
- **arrival date**: 6 March 2020
()
- **origin**: Wuhan, China
- **recovery cases**: 1,543 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **deaths**: 136 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **confirmed cases**: 2,800 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **active cases**: 1,121 <small>(as of 13 May)</small>
- **territories**: Bafoussam, Douala & Yaounde
COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania

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.

## Infobox (pandemic)

- **name**: COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania
- **disease**: COVID-19
- **virus strain**: SARS-CoV-2
- **location**: Mauritania
- **first case**: Nouakchott
- **arrival date**: 13 March 2020
()
- **confirmed cases**: 6,418 <small>(as of 4 August)</small>
- **active cases**: 1,052 <small>(as of 4 August)</small>
- **recovery cases**: 5,209 <small>(as of 4 August)</small>
- **deaths**: 157 <small>(as of 4 August)</small>
- **website**: http://cridem.org/C_Info.php?article=735075