COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua
The COVID-19 pandemic has occurred in Nicaragua since March 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic .
course
On March 17, 2020, the government of Nicaragua announced that Cuba would send a "brigade" of doctors and pharmacists to Nicaragua to help the country contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo said there would be general practitioners, pharmacists and critical care doctors among the Cuban staff.
The so-called Henry Reeve ”Cuban medical brigade arrived in Nicaragua on March 18th. In the first phase of the pandemic, 1.2 million households in the country were visited to educate people about the virus and explain the rules of conduct such as distance and hygiene according to the WHO . Further regulations were decreed: Foreign travelers should go into a 14-day quarantine. The schools and public buildings were not closed. The government worked with the Panamerican Health Organization and agreed on any further steps that might become necessary.
On March 18, 2020, the first COVID-19 disease was reported in Nicaragua, and on March 26, the first COVID-19-related death was recorded in the country. On May 16, 2020, 25 COVID-19 infections have been counted so far, 8 of which were fatal.
On May 17, 2020, on a national holiday, it was announced that the government of Nicaragua had released 2,727 men and 88 women from prisons. This release was welcomed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , which was ordered in connection with the COVID-19 crisis, but criticized the lack of involvement of 37 politically imprisoned prisoners who were ill.
statistics
The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua as follows:
Infections
Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Nicaragua
according to WHO data
New infections in Nicaragua
according to WHO data
Deaths
Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Nicaragua
according to WHO data
Confirmed deaths (daily) in Nicaragua
according to WHO data
Remarks
- ↑ a b c d Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19 - What is Covid-19? - Pulmonologists-on-the-Net. In: lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Cuba to send doctors and pharmaceuticals to Nicaragua to face coronavirus : On Cuba News from March 17th
- ↑ Stephan Sefton: Nicaragua and the COVID-19 Pandemic . In Tele Sur English on March 30, 2020
- ↑ Nicaragua . In: Worldometers of May 16, 2020
- ↑ Rudi Kurz: Nicaragua: Government releases almost 3,000 prisoners . In America21 on May 17, 2020
- ↑ a b c d Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on July 21, 2020 .
