COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
Infections from a COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands are not yet known. The island state of the Marshall Islands has around 53,000 inhabitants and is one of the 15 states on earth in which there are no SARS-CoV-2 infected people (as of June 10, 2020).
background
The COVID-19 pandemic is occurring 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 .
Location of the islands
The Marshall Islands are an island nation in central Oceania , with 53,000 inhabitants on an area of only 181 square kilometers, one of the smallest states on earth. The state consists of 1,225 larger and smaller islands as well as 870 reefs that extend over an area of almost two million square kilometers in the central Pacific, with the islands and atolls rising on average about two meters above the sea.
There are two central hospitals on the Marshall Islands, the Leroj Atama Medical Center in Majuro with 101 beds and the Leroj Kitlang Health Center in Ebeye with 45 beds. There are also 58 local health centers on the atolls and islands. Another hospital is located on the US base on the Kwajalein Atoll.
activities
The Ministry of Health of the Marshall Islands announced at the beginning of March 2020 that on March 3, a 66-year-old woman with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection had been admitted to Majuro Hospital. The suspicion was not confirmed.
Since March 8, an entry ban has been in effect - in addition to other countries - also for travelers from Germany and for transit travelers to Germany. Travelers arriving on the Marshall Islands are subjected to more stringent entry controls, which leads to health checks with temperature measurements and in individual cases to entry bans. International air traffic was suspended until May 5, only the Air Marshall Islands flights were allowed. Incoming cruise ships and yachts were not allowed to dock.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marshal Islands . In: WHO, undated, accessed April 17, 2020
- ↑ Which countries have not reported any coronavirus cases? Al-Jazeera, June 10, 2020.
- ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ↑ Giff Johnson: Suspected case of coronavirus in Marshall Islands . In: RNZ from March 6, 2020
- ^ Marshall Islands: Entry and Safety Instructions . In: Federal Foreign Office of April 6, 2020
