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2020 coronavirus pandemic in Madagascar | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Madagascar |
Index case | Antananarivo |
Arrival date | 20 March 2020 (1 week and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 59 |
Recovered | 0 |
Deaths | 0 |
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Madagascar in March 2020.
Lockdowns were implemented in at least two cities.[1] The government announced on 17 March that all international and regional flights would be suspended for 30 days starting 20 March.[2]
Due to the crisis, a lack of international tourists caused problems for the tourism industry.[3] Ambatovy mine suspended operations.[1] The Central Bank of Madagascar injected hundreds of billions of ariary into the banking system to ease the economic damage caused by COVID-19.[4]
On 20 March, the first three cases were confirmed in Madagascar. All were women.[5]
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