2020 coronavirus pandemic in Gabon

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The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Gabon in March 2020.

Timeline

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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