COVID-19 pandemic on Réunion

The COVID-19 pandemic on Réunion began on March 11, 2020 with the first COVID-19 infection. The first death was announced on May 20, 2020 and on May 23, 2020 451 COVID-19 infections were counted, including 3 new infections.

background

The pandemic is part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that started in China in December 2019. It 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.

location

Location of Réunion in the red circle in Africa

Réunion is an island with around 850,000 inhabitants, located in the Indian Ocean and politically forming an overseas department and a region of France, it belongs to the European Union . This overseas department is a local authority that is subject to the instructions of the respective President of France. In the event of a pandemic, this currently means (2020) that the incumbent Prefect of Réunion, as the representative of the central French state, has to obey the decrees of French President Emmanuel Macron .

course

On March 15, Macron issued a lockdown by decree , which was implemented by the Prefect Jacques Billant: All airports and seaports, all restaurants, bars and schools had to close. Only necessary errands for subsistence were allowed.

On April 1, the ban on selling alcohol followed until further notice after 5 p.m. and all shops and supermarkets had to close at 7 p.m. on April 10.

The lockdown was eased from May 11th, shops and beaches could be reopened, while restaurants and bars remained closed. The wearing of nose and mouth masks became compulsory in public. All people arriving in Réunion have to go into a 14-day quarantine .

All schools on Réunion reopened on May 18th.

Web links

• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
• Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Un premier cas de coronavirus confirmé à La Réunion (French). In: Francetvinfo of March 11, 2020
2. ↑ Covid-19: un Mahorais de 82 ans décède au CHU après une évacuation sanitaire (French). In: Imaz Press Réunion of May 20, 2020
3. ↑ Point de situation du 23/05/2020: 3 nouveaux cas confirmés (French). In: Administration of Réunion of 23 May 2020
4. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
5. ↑ Tagesschau: “Deeply worried”. WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
6. ↑ Spain and France announce sweeping restrictions . In: BBC News of March 15, 2020
7. ↑ A la Réunion, il est désormais interdit d'emporter de l'alcool à partir de 17 heures (French). In: Liberation of April 5, 2020
8. ↑ Fermeture des magasins et centers commerciaux at 7pm at compter du 10 avril (French). In: Imaz Press Réunion of April 25, 2020
9. ↑ Réouverture des plages, quatorzaine Outre-mer, port du masque: Édouard Philippe détaille le plan de déconfinement (French): In: Guyane la 1ère of 7 May 2020
10. ↑ La Réunion sera déconfinée le 11 may: les réactions politiques et économiques (French). In: Réunion la 1ère of May 8, 2020