COVID-19 pandemic in Togo
| COVID-19 pandemic in Togo | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Togo |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China via France or Germany |
| Index case | Lomé |
| Arrival date | 6 March 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 896 (as of 28 July)[1] |
| Active cases | 266 (as of 28 July)[1] |
| Recovered | 612 (as of 28 July)[1] |
Deaths | 18 (as of 24 July)[1] |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Togo in March 2020.
On 6 March, Togolese authorities announced the first COVID-19 case, a 42-year-old Togolese woman who travelled between Germany, France, Turkey, and Benin before returning to Togo.[2] On this date, it was reported that she was being treated in isolation and her condition was stable.[3]
On 20 March, nine more cases were confirmed in Togo.[4][5]
On 21 March, seven more cases were confirmed. All borders to the country were closed. The cities of Lomé, Tsévié, Kpalimé, and Sokodé have been quarantined starting on 20 March for two weeks.[6][7]
On 27 March, the first death occurred.[8]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Coronavirus au Togo". covid19.gouv.tg (in French). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Togo confirms first case of coronavirus". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ↑ "Togo confirms first case of coronavirus". The Jerusalem Post. Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ↑ First, Togo. "Coronavirus: Togo reports 8 new cases". www.togofirst.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "Togo : 8 nouveaux cas de Coronavirus confirmés". L-FRII (in French). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavirus Update (Live): 301,100 Cases and 12,948 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer". worldometers.info. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "Togo closes borders over coronavirus – FAAPA FR". FAAPA. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ Médoune, SAMB (2020-03-27). "Coronavirus: Journalist Dominique Aliziou, first case of death linked to COVID-19 in Togo". Panafrican News Agency. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
