COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana

Location of Guyana

The COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana began on March 12, 2020. Guyana is a small state in South America bordering Brazil to the south and west , Venezuela to the northwest, and Suriname to the east . As of April 25, 2020, a total of 74 infected people and 8 deaths had been reported in the Guyana pandemic.

background

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

Guyana, a state with around 800,000 inhabitants, found itself in a political crisis in March, because after the election on March 2nd there was still no official result even three weeks after the election. In the second poorest country in South America, huge oil reserves had been discovered before the election and the dispute over it had overshadowed the incipient corona crisis.

On March 10, 2020, a 52-year-old Guy from the United States who arrived from the United States on March 5, visited a doctor and was proven to have died of a COVID-19 infection shortly afterwards on March 12. As a result, the President of Guyana, David Granger , announced the first case of infection in his country.

From March 18, 2020, all airports in Guyana were closed to arriving aircraft for 14 days until further notice and all schools were closed. The Ministry of Health of Guyana instructed all residents that they must be in their homes from March 30th and that only essential purchases are possible at specified times. On April 2, 2020, President David Granger extended the lockdown for bars, restaurants and other events from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next morning.

From April 8, it became known that all post offices would be closed until further notice.

As of April 25, 2020, a total of 74 infected people and 8 deaths had been reported in Guyana. The highest number of infections were 7 new cases on April 15th. The data available so far show a mortality rate of 10.8% on April 25, which should be significantly higher when other factors are taken into account.

Medical supplies

Medical care in Guyana is described as below average when compared to the world population. There are 1.6 hospital beds for every 1000 inhabitants, while the global mean is 2.7 and in the EU it is 5.6. Worldwide there are 1.5 doctors available for 1000 inhabitants, in Guyana that is 0.8 doctors.

Help from abroad

On April 9, 2020, the European Union announced that it would transfer an aid payment of 8.6 million US dollars to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in the fight to deal with the corona crisis. Guyana is one of the 24 members of CARPHA.

Guyana received 30,000 respirators and fans from China .

statistics

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

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Guyana
according to WHO data

New infections in Guyana
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Guyana
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Guyana
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{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).

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. ^ ^{A b c} Healthcare in Guyana . In: Country data information from April 25, 2020
2. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
3. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
4. ↑ Guyana: The political crisis is ignited by oil . In: Blickpunkt-Latin America from March 24, 2020
5. ↑ A man dies of the coronavirus in Guyana . In: Latinapress of March 12, 2020
6. ↑ Guyana to partially close airports amid Coronavirus outbreak . In: INews Guyana of March 17, 2020
7. ↑ Coronavirus (COVID-19) . In: Government of Guyana of March 25, 2020
8. ^ President announces closure of bars, restaurants from 6 pm daily . In: INews Guyana of April 2, 2010
9. ↑ All post offices to be closed from Thursday - GPOC In: Guyana Times of April 10, 2020
10. ↑ EU provides US $ 8.6M grant for C'bean to combat COVID-19 . In: Kaieteur News from April 2020
11. ↑ Guyana to receive 30,000 masks from China . In: Stabroek News from April 12, 2020
12. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on July 21, 2020 .