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2020 coronavirus pandemic in Gabon | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Gabon |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Arrival date | 12 March 2020 (3 weeks and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 16 |
Recovered | 0 |
Deaths | 1 |
The 2019–20 coronavirus 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 prior to confirmation of the coronavirus.[1]
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.[2] The other patient is a 29-year-old border police officer working at the Leon Mba Libreville International Airport. She checked the passport of the first confirmed case in Gabon, who arrived from France on March 8.[3]
On 20 March, the first death was confirmed.[4]
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 recently returned from Senegal on March 11 and a 42-year-old Gabonese national returned from France on March 19.[5]
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