The COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Central African Republic in March 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Central African Republic |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Bangui |
Arrival date | 14 March 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 1 week and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 15,440[1] (updated 26 April 2024) |
Deaths | 113[1] (updated 26 April 2024) |
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] Model-based simulation for the Central African Republic indicates that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t exceeded 1.0 between November 2020 and March 2021.[7]
There are only three ventilators in the entire country.[8]