COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras

The COVID-19 pandemic has occurred in Honduras since March 2020 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 .

course

On March 11, 2020, the Honduras Ministry of Health announced that two incoming women tested positive for COVID-19 on March 10 . It was a 42-year-old woman who landed at Toncontin International Airport after a flight from Madrid in Spain and a 37-year-old woman who landed at Ramón Villeda Morales Airport in Honduras after a flight from Geneva , Switzerland .

The external borders of Honduras have been closed and there are only a few commercial flights. A general curfew has been imposed on Honduras until further notice until May 17, 2020.

Former Health Minister Elsa Palou, an infectiologist, assumed towards the end of March 2020 that more than 5000 people in Honduras had been infected with COVID-19. Because tests would not stop and therefore only 67 infections were officially confirmed at the end of March. Another criticism is that while the police and military police have been provided with sufficient protective clothing, this is not the case with medical personnel.

As of May 17, 2020, 2565 COVID-19 infections were reported in a country of around 9 million nationals, including 138 deaths.

On June 17, it was announced that President Juan Orlando Hernández and the First Lady have also tested positive for the virus.

statistics

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

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Honduras
according to WHO data

New infections in Honduras
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Honduras
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Honduras
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).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19 - What is Covid-19? - Pulmonologists-on-the-Net. In: lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved May 15, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
3. ↑ Salud confirma los dos primeros casos de COVID-19 en el territorio hondureño (Spanish). In: Ministry of Health of Honduras, March 11, 2020. p. 1
4. ↑ News . In: Federal Foreign Office of May 5, 2020
5. ↑ Honduras: "The Land of Pandemics" . In: America 21 of March 28, 2020
6. ↑ Honduras . In: Worldometers of May 17, 2020
7. ↑ Colin Dwyer: President Of Honduras Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Vows To 'Beat This Pandemic' , NPR, June 17, 2020.
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on July 21, 2020 . 

Web links

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

• Information on Covid-19 cases in Honduras in worldometers (Engl.)