COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi

The COVID-19 pandemic occurs in Burundi since the end of March 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic , which took place in December 2019 in China originated. The 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 and measures

Entrants from countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic had to go into quarantine for 14 days from March 12, 2020. Around March 20, Bujumbura Airport was closed, as were the borders with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . For a long time inland there were no restrictions. Football games and family celebrations continued to take place. The campaign for the presidential election on May 20 was not interrupted. On March 31, Burundi's Minister of Health, Thadée Ndikumana, reported the first two positive people who had returned from Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates . These two cases also appeared in the WHO situation report for the first time on April 1, 2020. On April 2nd, another positive case was confirmed and 22 other people tested negative.

On April 8, 675 people were in quarantine in Burundi.

As of April 14, 2020, the WHO had confirmed five COVID-19 infections in Burundi.

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Burundi
according to WHO data

New infections in Burundi
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Burundi
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Burundi
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ This lists cases that were reported to WHO by national authorities. 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).

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 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. ↑ Covid-19: What is Covid-19? In: lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020 . 
2. ↑ "Deeply concerned": WHO speaks of corona pandemic. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Burundi extends quarantine to travelers from US, Britain, Australia ( en ) March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
4. ↑ Travelers to Burundi to be quarantined for coronavirus ( en ) March 12, 2020. Accessed March 17, 2020.
5. ↑ Moses Havyarimana: Burundi announces first two Covid-19 cases. theeastafrican.co.ke of March 31, 2020, accessed April 13, 2020
6. ↑ Coronavirus: Burundi's first cases, death in Botswana, Ghana's mass recoveries . Africa News. April 1, 2020. Accessed April 1, 2020.
7. ↑ ^{a b} World Health Organization (WHO): Situation reports. In: who.int. Retrieved April 14, 2020 (English). 
8. ↑ IWACU Burundi: #Burundi Urgent Le ministre de la santé annonce le 3ème cas de covid-19. Une jeune fille de 26 ans. Le test pour 22 autres personnes a été négatif ( fr ) April 2, 2020.
9. ↑ Agence France-Presse : Burundi shrugs off pandemic, citing 'God's protection'. theeastafrican.co.ke of April 10, 2020, accessed on April 13, 2020
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on August 9, 2020 .