COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe

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

COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationGuadeloupe
Arrival date13 March 2020
(10 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Confirmed cases8,225[1]
Active cases5,839 (as of 21 November 2020)
Recovered2,242
Deaths
144
Fatality rate2.47%

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4]

Timeline

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

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

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

Preventive measures
  • As of 13 August, face masks must be worn in all indoor spaces for people over the age of 11, but the rule has not been extended to outdoor public spaces.[11]
  • Recommendation that large gatherings be avoided, Unauthorized events are subject to fines of €135.[11]
New daily cases of Covid-19 declared in Guadeloupe0

See also

References
  1. "French territory of Guadeloupe reports 50 new cases of Covid-19 in 48 hours". Yahoo News. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. "Coronavirus : Un premier cas positif en Guadeloupe" [Coronavirus: A first positive case in Guadeloupe]. La1ere.francetvinfo.fr (in French). 12 March 2020.
  8. "COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak". Worldometer.
  9. "Update on the situation on March 26". Prefecture of Guadeloupe. 26 March 2020.
  10. Houda, Alexandre; Fadel, Nadine (21 August 2020), COVID-19 : seuil d'alerte franchi en Guadeloupe, avec les 325 nouveaux cas recensés, en 7 jours. (in French), Guadeloupe 1, retrieved 23 August 2020
  11. "French territory of Guadeloupe reports 50 new cases of Covid-19 in 48 hours". uk.news.yahoo.com. RFI. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.


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