COVID-19 pandemic in Eswatini
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Eswatini in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Eswatini | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Eswatini |
| Arrival date | 14 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 2,404 (as of 28 July)[1] |
| Active cases | 1,252 (as of 28 July) |
| Recovered | 1,025 (as of 28 July) |
Deaths | 39 (as of 28 July) |
On 14 March, the country's first case of COVID-19 was confirmed. A 33-year-old woman, who returned from the United States at the end of February and then traveled to Lesotho before returning home to Eswatini, is currently in isolation.[2] Two suspected cases were identified by 11 March 2020, the first a woman returning from Denmark (or possibly Germany[3]), and the other a woman who had hosted visitors from Germany.[4]
On 24 March 2020, the ministry of health announced a fifth confirmed case. A 52-year-old male who had traveled to the United States earlier in the same month had tested positive.[5]
On 16 April 2020, the country recorded its first COVID-19-related death, a 59-year-old man with diabetes.[6]
References
change- ↑ "Eswatini". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ↑ "Eswatini in Southern Africa reports first coronavirus case". The Jerusalem Post. Reuters. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "eSwatini quarantines two suspected Covid-19 cases". apanews.net. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "Two suspected cases of the Coronavirus registered in eSwatini". Mpumalanga News. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "5th Case of Coronavirus in eSwatini". Swazi Observer. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ↑ "Eswatini records its first Covid-19 death". News24. 2020-04-16. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
