COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso
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| COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso | |||||||||
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| Disease | COVID-19 | ||||||||
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 | ||||||||
| Location | Burkina Faso | ||||||||
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China | ||||||||
| Index case | Ouagadougou | ||||||||
| Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 1 week and 2 days) | ||||||||
| Confirmed cases | 14,262 (as of 1 October)[1] | ||||||||
| Active cases | 186 (as of 1 October) | ||||||||
| Recovered | 13,892 (as of 1 October) | ||||||||
Deaths | 184 (as of 1 October) | ||||||||
| Government website | |||||||||
| https://www.sante.gov.bf/ | |||||||||
The COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Burkina Faso on 9 March 2020. The death of Rose Marie Compaoré, a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, on 18 March marked the first recorded fatality due to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2][3]
Background
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[4][5] The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[6][7] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[8][6] Model-based simulations for Burkina Faso indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t was above 1.0 in July and August but has since decreased to around 1.[9]
Water shortages are a particular challenge in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso's coronavirus curfew stopped those in poor areas from accessing communal fountains that only flow at night in the dry season.[10] A lack of water also makes washing hands and general hygiene difficult. In the past year, armed groups have devastated villages in the north and east of Burkina Faso, leaving more than 800,000 people displaced. They have fled to urban centers or sites designated for internally displaced people (IDPs), where overcrowding and lack of access to water are huge problems for families and host communities. Hygiene measures, such as frequent hand washing with soap and water, wearing a mask, and social distancing don't translate into reality for displaced people.[11]
Approximately 350,000 people in Burkina Faso urgently need access to sufficient water and shelter facilities to aid them in coping desert-like conditions faced in the isolated parts of Burkina Faso. The UN Refugee Agency warned of more lives to possibly fall at risk in the Burkina Faso Centre Nord and Sahel regions. These places have been pointed out as they shelter hundreds of people displaced from their homes, including small children.[12]
Timeline
March 2020
On 9 March 2020, the first two cases in the country were reported in Burkina Faso.[18]
On 13 March, the third case was also confirmed: a person who had had direct contact with the first two cases.[19]
On 14 March, 7 cases confirmed in the country. Five of the new confirmed cases had had direct contact with the first two cases. One is an English national currently working in a gold mine in Burkina Faso and who went to vacation in Liverpool, returning on 10 March, with transits through Vancouver and Paris.[20]
On 15 March, 8 new cases were confirmed according to a statement from the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of cases to 15.[21]
On 17 March, 20 total cases were confirmed.[22]
On 18 March, the first fatality was confirmed, Rose Marie Compaoré, a 61-year-old woman with a preexisting diabetic condition.[23]
On 18 March, 27 total cases were confirmed.[24]
On 19 March, 33 total cases were confirmed by the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health.[25]
On 20 March, 40 total cases were confirmed. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore closed airports, land borders and imposed a nationwide curfew to curb the spread of the pandemic.[26] Burkina Faso's Education Minister Stanislas Ouaro said he had tested positive for the coronavirus.[27]
On 21 March, 64 total cases and 3 deaths were confirmed. Minister of Mines and Quarries, Oumarou Idani, tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a conference in Toronto, Canada.
On 22 March, 75 total confirmed cases. Four key government ministers are confirmed to be infected,[28] these ministers are: Alpha Barry, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Oumarou Idani, Minister of Mines and Quarries; Stanislas Ouaro, Minister of Education; and Simeon Sawadogo, Minister of Interior.[29] Five cases, including the original couple, have recovered.[30] The U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Andrew Robert Young, tested positive. Five deaths have been confirmed.[31]
On 23 March, the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health confirmed 100 cases of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso. The U.S. Embassy has begun to repatriate citizens to the United States.[32] Harouna Kaboré, the Minister of Trade, tested positive for coronavirus.[33][34]
On March 24, the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health confirmed 114 cases of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso, 89 in Ouagadougou, 4 in Bobo-Dioulasso, 2 in Dedougou, 2 in Boromo, and 1 in Houndé.[35]
On March 30, with 12 deaths, Burkina Faso has the most fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa. Burkina Faso has just one hospital currently configured to receive coronavirus patients, and it only has a handful of ventilators. At least six government ministers have since tested positive for the virus, as have two foreign ambassadors, from Italy and the United States. A single testing laboratory in Bobo-Dioulasso – a five-hour drive from the capital of Ouagdougou – means suspected cases all over the country have to wait at least 12 hours for results. The government said it wants to establish a second laboratory in Ouagadougou but has no one qualified to set up the equipment in the country. With borders sealed, the process of bringing in an outsider is being delayed.[36]
By the end March there had been 261 positive tests, 14 deaths and 32 recovered patients. There were 215 active cases at the end of the month.[37]
April 2020
There were 384 new cases in April, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 645. The death toll rose by 29 to 43. The number of recovered patients increased to 506, leaving 96 active cases at the end of the month (55% fewer than at the end of March).[38]
May 2020
In May there were 202 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 847. The death toll rose by 10 to 53. The number of recovered patients increased by 214 to 720, leaving 74 active cases at the end of the month (a decrease by 23% from the end of April).[39]
June 2020
During June there were 115 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 962. There were no new deaths. The number of recovered patients grew by 118 to 838, leaving 71 active cases at the end of the month (a decrease by 4% from the end of May).[40]
July 2020
During July there were 176 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 1138. The death toll remained unchanged. The number of recovered patients by 129 to 967, leaving 118 active cases at the end of the month (an increase by 66% from the end of June).[41]
August 2020
There were 232 new cases in August, bringing the total number of cases to 1370. The death toll rose to 55. The number of active cases at the end of the month was 255: more than twice as many as the end of July.[42]
September 2020
There were 658 new cases in September, bringing the total number of cases to 2028. The death toll rose to 57. The number of recovered patients increased to 1279, leaving 692 active cases at the end of the month.[43]
October 2020
There were 472 new cases in October, bringing the total number of cases to 2500. The death toll rose to 67. The number of recovered patients increased to 2250, leaving 183 active cases at the end of the month.[44]
November 2020
There were 386 new cases in November, bringing the total number of cases to 2886. The death toll rose to 68. The number of recovered patients increased to 2593, leaving 225 active cases at the end of the month.[45]
December 2020
There were 3,745 new cases in December, bringing the total number of cases to 6,631. The death toll rose to 84. The number of recovered patients increased to 4,978, leaving 1,569 active cases at the end of the month.[46]
January 2021
There were 4,051 new cases in January, bringing the total number of cases to 10,682. The death toll rose to 120. The number of recovered patients increased to 9,253, leaving 1,309 active cases at the end of the month.[47]
February 2021
There were 1300 new cases in February, taking the total number of cases to 11,982. The death toll rose to 143. The number of recovered patients increased to 11,493, leaving 346 active cases at the end of the month.[48]
March 2021
There were 735 new cases in March, taking the total number of cases to 12,717. The death toll rose to 146. The number of recovered patients increased to 12,385, leaving 186 active cases at the end of the month.[49]
April 2021
There were 592 new cases in April, taking the total number of cases to 13,309. The death toll rose to 157. The number of recovered patients increased to 13,031, leaving 121 active cases at the end of the month.[50]
May 2021
There were 121 new cases in May, taking the total number of cases to 13,430. The death toll rose to 166. The number of recovered patients increased to 13,248, leaving 16 active cases at the end of the month.[51]
June 2021
There were 49 new cases in June, taking the total number of cases to 13,479. The death toll rose to 168. The number of recovered patients increased to 13,301, leaving 10 active cases at the end of the month.[52]
July 2021
There were 109 new cases in July, taking the total number of cases to 13,588. The death toll rose to 169. The number of recovered patients increased to 13,380, leaving 39 active cases at the end of the month.[53]
August 2021
There were 189 new cases in August, bringing the total number of cases to 13,777. The death toll rose to 171. The number of recovered patients increased to 13,535, leaving 71 active cases at the end of the month.[54]
September 2021
There were 485 new cases in September, bringing the total number of cases to 14,262. The death toll rose to 184. The number of recovered patients increased to 13,892, leaving 186 active cases at the end of the month. 257,701 persons had been vaccinated.[55]
October 2021
There were 531 new cases in October, bringing the total number of cases to 14,793. The death toll rose to 214. The number of recovered patients increased to 14,287, leaving 292 active cases at the end of the month.[56]
Statistics
Confirmed new cases per day
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Confirmed deaths per day
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See also
- COVID-19 vaccination in Burkina Faso
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
- 2020 in West Africa
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