COVID-19 pandemic in St. Lucia

The COVID-19 pandemic has been occurring in St. Lucia since March 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began 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 and measures

On March 13, 2020, the first COVID-19 disease was confirmed in St. Lucia. This case first appeared in the WHO situation report on March 16, 2020.

On March 20, 2020, Prime Minister Allen Chastanet announced that St. Lucia would take social distancing measures from March 23 to April 5, including the suspension of non-essential business activities. The government also imposed a daily curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. On March 29, the prime minister extended closings to April 14 and the curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

On March 23, 2020, the government of St. Lucia declared a state of emergency and announced the closure of the country's airports to inbound passenger flights until April 5.

The Ministry of Health began local testing for COVID-19 on March 27, 2020, and reported the first case of local transmission on March 29, among six new confirmed cases. The ministry also reported that 300 people were under supervised quarantine.

On March 31, 2020, the Prime Minister announced a 24-hour curfew, with everyone staying at their place of residence from April 1 to April 7 at 5 a.m. At the time of the announcement, residents were already under a temporary curfew, which meant they couldn't make arrangements for the new curfew.

On April 1, 2020, the Prime Minister announced that small supermarkets and bakeries would be allowed to be open for a limited time to allow people to buy goods. On April 2, St. Lucians stood in long lines in front of the recently opened shops, largely ignoring the prime minister's demands to maintain social distance.

On April 5, 2020, the Prime Minister announced a small easing of the curfew from April 7 to 13. Essential businesses are expected to work from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except on the holidays of Good Friday, Easter, and Easter Monday.

On April 12, 2020, the government extended the curfew and existing bans until April 26. The government added hardware and housewares stores to the list of companies allowed to run their businesses so citizens can prepare for drought and hurricane seasons.

As of April 19, 2020, 15 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in St. Lucia by the WHO.

On April 22, 2020, the last active case of COVID-19 in St. Lucia became healthy for the time being. From April 22, 2020 to April 30, 2020, the country was one of the countries that was free of COVID-19 again after confirmed infections.

However, on April 30, two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the WHO.

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in St. Lucia as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in St. Lucia
according to WHO data

New infections in St. Lucia
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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

Commons : COVID-19 Pandemic in St. Lucia  - 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. ↑ UK National Is Saint Lucia's First Coronavirus Case . In: St. Lucia Times . March 11, 2020.
4. ↑ St. Lucia confirms its first COVID-19 case: woman, 63, with UK travel history . In: St. Lucia News Online . March 11, 2020.
5. ↑ ^{a b} World Health Organization (WHO): Situation reports. In: who.int. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (English). 
6. ^ St Lucia closing non-essential commercial services for 2 weeks . In: Loop News . March 20, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2020.
7. ↑ Prime Minister extends quarantine, increases curfew - St. Lucia News Online. In: stlucianewsonline.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Sharefil Gaillard: St Lucia extends curfew due to uncooperative public; COVID-19 spread . Loop News. March 29, 2020. Accessed March 31, 2020.
9. ↑ BREAKING NEWS: Saint Lucia declares state of emergency . St. Lucia News Online. March 23, 2020. Accessed March 23, 2020.
10. ↑ BREAKING NEWS: St. Lucia airports closed to arriving passengers - St. Lucia News Online. In: stlucianewsonline.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Saint Lucia's 4th COVID-19 victim 'doing well'; over 300 in quarantine - St. Lucia News Online. In: stlucianewsonline.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Saint Lucia now experiencing local transmission of COVID-19 - St. Lucia News Online. In: stlucianewsonline.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
13. ↑ BREAKING NEWS: Saint Lucia gov't implements 24-hour curfew . St. Lucia News Online. March 31, 2020. Accessed April 1, 2020.
14. ^ ^{A b} Jonathan Stuart: St Lucians fail again at social distancing during curfew shopping . Loop News. April 2, 2020. Accessed April 2, 2020.
15. ↑ PM: Mini marts, bakeries open April 2 and 6; minimal farming allowed . Loop News. April 1, 2020. Accessed April 2, 2020.
16. ↑ Jonathan Stuart: PM announces no shopping Monday; 10-hour curfew begins Tuesday . Loop News. April 5, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2020.
17. ↑ Merrick Andrews: Chastanet: 10-hour curfew extended to April 26; hardware stores, home suppliers to open . In: St. Lucia News Online , April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020. 
18. ↑ All of St Lucia's COVID-19 patients have now recovered. In: Loop News, accessed on April 23, 2020 . 
19. ↑ ^{a b} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on July 21, 2020 .