COVID-19 pandemic in the Faroe Islands

The COVID-19 pandemic occurs on the Faroe Islands since March 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic on. The cause of the disease is the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 . The first case was announced on March 4, 2020. On May 8, the pandemic in the Faroe Islands was declared over.

Course and measures

The first case in the Faroe Islands , which is part of Denmark , occurred on March 4, 2020. The man from the area around Tórshavn was infected at a congress in Paris and had already returned to the Faroe Islands on February 24th. Two days later, another person who had returned from northern Italy was found to be sick. Another person who had become infected in Denmark tested positive on March 13th. On March 14, the number of infected people rose to nine people, and for the first time people were probably also infected with one another. Since one of the people works in a kindergarten, over 100 people have been quarantined. Schools were closed for two weeks, homework was ordered and crowds were banned. The border closings in Denmark have also suspended flight connections between the Faroe Islands and Norway, Iceland, Scotland and France. The flight connections to Denmark should primarily serve to transport ambulances.

By March 18, the number of infected people rose to 58 people. On March 22, the number of infected people exceeded 100 people. On March 23, more recovered than newly ill people were reported for the first time, which meant that the number of active cases fell for the first time. The Faroe Islands were temporarily behind San Marino (see COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino ), the area with the second most infected people in terms of population.

From the end of March, the infection curve slowed down sharply. The last case of infection for the time being was reported on April 7th. Two more cases became known on April 22, before the islands could be declared caseless on May 8.

statistics

Confirmed
cases of infection and recoveries (cumulative) in the Faroe Islands according to data from Johns Hopkins University
Note: The statistics are only continued for active cases.

Web links

• Official website of the Faroese government on the corona pandemic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Færøerne bekræfter første tilfaelde af coronavirus. In: Jyllands Posten. March 4, 2020, accessed March 13, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Bjarni Mohr: Enn a føroyingur fingið coronavirus. In: Kringvarp Føroya. March 6, 2020, accessed on March 14, 2020 (Faroese). 
3. ^ Tróndur Olsen: Coronavirus: Ein føroyingur aftrat smittaður. In: Kringvarp Føroya. March 13, 2020, accessed on March 14, 2020 (Faroese). 
4. ↑ Solby Christiansdóttir: Níggju føroyingar eru nú smittaðir. In: Kringvarp Føroya. March 14, 2020, accessed on March 14, 2020 (Faroese). 
5. ↑ Kaj Joensen: Ni smittede: Færøerne lukkes ned. In: Sermitsiaq. March 14, 2020, accessed on March 14, 2020 (Danish). 
6. ↑ Finnur Koba, Símun Christian Olsen: 58 føroyingar eru smittaðir. In: Kringvarp Føroya. March 18, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020 (Faroese). 
7. ↑ Alda Nielsdóttir: Number of active cases in the Faroe Islands goes down for the first time ever: Minister of Health is very pleased. In: local.fo. March 23, 2020, accessed on March 24, 2020 . 
8. ^ Anton Gundersen Lihn: Færøsk journalist: Vi er i chok over udviklingen. In: Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. March 23, 2020, accessed March 24, 2020 (Danish). 
9. ↑ Høgni Djurhuus: 10 dagurin uttan staðfesta smittu. In: Kringvarp Føroya. April 16, 2020, accessed April 16, 2020 (Faroese). 
10. ↑ Ritzau: Efter 187 smittede: Færøerne he coronakvit. In: Sermitsiaq. May 9, 2020, accessed May 9, 2020 (Danish). 
11. ^ Daily Johns Hopkins University records on GitHub