COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationGabon
First outbreakWuhan, China
Arrival date12 March 2020
(3 years, 10 months and 6 days)
Confirmed cases49,051[1] (updated 17 January 2024)
Deaths
307[1] (updated 17 January 2024)

The COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon was a 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 Gabon in March 2020.

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.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4]

Timeline

March 2020

  • The country's first case was announced on 12 March, a 27-year-old Gabonese man who returned to Gabon from France, four days prior to confirmation of the coronavirus.[7]
  • On 17 March, two additional cases were confirmed in the country, including a woman who works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She visited Marseille and Paris before returning to the country.[8]
  • On 20 March, the first death was confirmed.[9]
  • On 24 March, diagnosed cases increased to six with the Ministry of Health announcing two new cases: a 45-year-old Togolese national and resident of Gabon who recently returned from Senegal on 11 March, and a 42-year-old Gabonese national who returned from France on 19 March.[10]
  • During the month there were 7 confirmed cases, one death and six active cases at the end of the month.[11]

Subsequent cases

  • 2020 cases

There were 9,571 confirmed cases in 2020. 9,388 patients recovered while 64 persons died. At the end of 2020 there were 119 active cases.[12]

  • 2021 cases

Vaccination began on 23 March, initially with 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine donated by China.[13]

There were 32,227 confirmed cases in 2021, bringing the total number of cases to 41,798. 28,111 patients recovered in 2021 while 224 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 288. At the end of 2021 there were 4,011 active cases.[14]

Modelling by WHO's Regional Office for Africa suggests that due to under-reporting, the true cumulative number of infections by the end of 2021 was around one million while the true number of COVID-19 deaths was around 323.[15]

  • 2022 cases

There were 7,182 confirmed cases in 2022, bringing the total number of cases to 48,980. 11,169 patients recovered in 2022 while 18 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 306. At the end of 2022 there were six active cases.[16]

  • 2023 cases

There were 12 confirmed cases in the first five months, bringing the total number of cases to 48,992. The total death toll rose to 307. At the end of May there were nine active cases.[17]

Statistics

Confirmed new cases per day

Confirmed deaths per day

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ritchie, Hannah; Mathieu, Edouard; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Beltekian, Diana; Dattani, Saloni; Roser, Max (2020–2022). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ghana, Gabon confirm first cases of coronavirus". National Post. Reuters. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Urgent : 2 nouveaux cas confirmés de Covid-19". GabonActu. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Coronavirus : premier décès enregistré au Gabon". GabonMediaTime. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Covid-19 : Le Gabon enregistre son 6è cas positif". 23 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 72" (PDF). World Health Organization. 1 April 2020. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. ↑ Moubecka, Raïssa (31 December 2020). "Rétrospective 2019-2020 : le Gabon au rythme de la COVID-19" (in French). Medias241. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  13. ↑ Ondo, Albertine (3 April 2021). "Au Gabon, avec déjà 2433 personnes vaccinées et aucun effet secondaire majeur constaté, le début de la campagne de vaccination contre la Covid-19 est un succès" (in French). La Libreville. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Coronavirus au Gabon : point journalier du 30 décembre 2021". Gabon Matin (in French). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  15. ↑ Cabore, Joseph Waogodo; Karamagi, Humphrey Cyprian; Kipruto, Hillary Kipchumba; Mungatu, Joseph Kyalo; Asamani, James Avoka; Droti, Benson; Titi-ofei, Regina; Seydi, Aminata Binetou Wahebine; Kidane, Solyana Ngusbrhan; Balde, Thierno; Gueye, Abdou Salam; Makubalo, Lindiwe; Moeti, Matshidiso R (1 June 2022). "COVID-19 in the 47 countries of the WHO African region: a modelling analysis of past trends and future patterns". The Lancet Global Health. 10 (8): e1099–e1114. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00233-9. PMC 9159735. PMID 35659911. S2CID 249241026. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies" (PDF). World Health Organization. 1 January 2023. p. 14. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  17. ↑ "Covid-19 : 1 nouveau décès et 9 cas actifs au Gabon" (in French). Gabon Review. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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