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Cameroon: COVID-19 cases - 20,009 cases; 415 deaths

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
The Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon has announced the country's first confirmed case of COVID-19. The patient is a 58-year-old French citizen who arrived in Yaound? on 24 February. The patient is now in isolation at the Central Hospital of Yaound? for appropriate care.
5:01 AM ? Mar 6, 2020?Twitter Web App
https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/status/1235867983672537088

Cameroon Reports French Citizen as First Case of Coronavirus
By Pius Lukong
March 6, 2020, 4:24 AM EST


Cameroon’s government confirmed the country’s first coronavirus case after a 58-year-old French citizen tested positive.

The person arrived Feb. 24 in the capital, Yaounde, and was placed in isolation at the Central Hospital of Yaounde, the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement Friday.
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Source: https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/03/06/cameroon-confirms-second-covid-19-case/


Cameroon confirms second COVID-19 case
By Jerry Omondi -
36 mins ago

Cameroon ha confirmed a second case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in Africa to 42.

New reports of confirmed cases continue to be reported across Africa, with nine countries having verified cases so far.

The other countries include; Algeria, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa, Nigeria and Togo.

“Both cases have been isolated in the Yaounde Central Hospital and are currently receiving adequate symptomatic treatment. Basic commodities are provided under the strict respect of ethical requirements and heath safety regulations. Tracing and screening of contacts which are particularly at risk is effective,” the ministry of health said...
 
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Source: https://www.journalducameroun.com/e...lth-boss-confirms-seven-new-cases-in-yaounde/

Cameroon/COVID-19: Health boss confirms seven new cases in Yaounde
Published on 20.03.2020 at 10h49 by journalduCameroun

The Minister of Public Health, Dr Malachie Manaouda has confirmed that Cameroon has recorded seven new COVID-19 cases in Yaounde, bringing the number of infected persons to twenty-four.

The health boss made the announcement in a tweet posted earlier this morning...
 
Source: https://www.businessincameroon.com/health/2403-10124-coronavirus-cameroon-plans-mass-testing


Coronavirus: Cameroon plans mass testing
Tuesday, 24 March 2020 15:04

(Business in Cameroon) - In Cameroon, the government is planning mass covid-19 testing but is "awaiting test kits" to organize the test. This was revealed by the Minister of Public Health Malachie Manaouda on his Twitter account on March 23...

...On the morning of March 24, the minister indicated that in Douala, Bafoussam, and Yaound?, the number of confirmed cases was respectively 12, 3 and 51. This brings the number of people tested positive to the covid-19 in the country to 66.
 
Source: https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/category-news-in-brief/cameroon/#286448

...Cameroon confirms second Coronavirus death
- 18h22

The Government of Cameroon has confirmed a second Coronavirus death this Thursday afternoon.

The information was announced at the end of the March Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute.

Cameroon: COVID-19 cases climb to 88
- 18h13

Sources from the Prime Minister’s officie say confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cameroon have risen to eighty-eight plus one additional death..
 
Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/30/c_138930433.htm

New COVID-19 cases hit new daily high in Cameroon
Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-30 11:45:33|Editor: huaxia

YAOUNDE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon on Sunday registered 40 new cases of COVID-19, a new daily high since the announcement of the first case on March 6, bringing the total to 139, according to health authorities...
 
Source: https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/cameroons-covid-19-move-up-to-192/

Cameroon’s COVID-19 cases move up to 192
Published on 31.03.2020 at 08h39 by journalduCameroun

Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health has announced that as at this Tuesday morning, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has moved up to a hundred and ninety-two.

This is an increase of fifty-one from the previously reported one hundred and forty-two cases...
 
Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-04/01/c_138938857.htm

Cameroon sees boom in number of COVID-19 cases
Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-01 22:32:16|Editor: huaxia

YAOUNDE, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Nearly a month since the declaration of the first case of COVID-19 in Cameroon, the African nation is seeing a boom in the reported infections after having generalized the testing.

According to the latest numbers given by the health minister Manaouda Malachie, Cameroon recorded until Wednesday morning 233 confirmed cases, including six deaths and ten cured. The total number of confirmed cases was only 99 last Saturday...
 
Source: https://www.journalducameroun.com/en...ttoral-region/

Cameroon: Massive anti-COVID-19 campaign kick starts tomorrow in Littoral region
Published on 03.04.2020 at 17h52 by journalduCameroun

The massive door-to-door sensitization and screening campaign against the novel COVID-19 pandemic in the Littoral region of Cameroon initiated by the Ministry of Public Health kick starts tomorrow Saturday, April 4.

The campaign was initially programmed to begin on April 2 but it will finally kick start tomorrow...

...As to date, Cameroon counts three hundred and six confirmed cases and eight deaths.

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COVID-19 Cases Top 1,000 in Crisis-Prone Cameroon: https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/covid-19-cases-top-1000-crisis-prone-cameroon
 
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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-04/04/c_138946425.htm


Confirmed COVID-19 cases soar to 509 in Cameroon
Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-04 11:32:38|Editor: huaxia

YAOUNDE, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon on Friday reported 203 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 509, Health Minister Manaouda Malachie said at a press briefing.

Among those 509 cases, there are eight deaths including a health professional, and 17 recoveries, he added...
 
http://www.cameroon-info.net/article...es-368052.html

Cameroon recorded 46 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday taking the number of known cases to 555, authorities have said. Out of this number, nine deaths have been recorded while 17 persons have recovered.

Government has now ramped up efforts to track down those who travelled to the country from Europe and escaped quarantine. In fact, the Minister of Public Health, Manaouda Malachie, on March 30, in Yaound?, admitted that some of 261passengers who arrived Douala from some COVID-19 infested countries in Europe, by Air France and SN Brussels on March 17, escaped from hotels where they were to be quarantined for 14 days.

The Public Health Minister promised that an operation to track down the quarantine-escapees, believed to be hiding among family members will effectively commence on April 2, alongside a mass testing exercise.
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Source: http://www.cameroon-info.net/articl...-de-guerison-pour-un-total-de-685-368313.html

Cameroon - Covid-19: Cameroon has 43 cases of recovery for a total of 685 infected people
By B?atrice KAZE | Cameroon-Info.Net
YAOUNDE - 07-Apr-2020 - 3.13pm 1652

The news was given on April 7, 2020 by the Minister of Public Health, Malachie Manaouda. However, 27 new positive cases were registered.

This is undoubtedly the good news of the day in the fight against the Coronavirus in Cameroon. The country now records 43 cases of recovery. 11 at the Laquintinie hospital in Douala, 17 at the general hospital in Yaound?, 9 at Jamot and 6 at the central hospital in Yaound?. The information was provided by the Minister of Public Health, Malachie Manaouda, on his twitter account.

Unfortunately, 27 new positive cases were registered this Tuesday, April 7, 2020, deplores MINSANTE. This brings to 685 the number of people infected with Covid-19 in the country.

In his tweet, Malachie Manaouda wanted to congratulate "the health staff for their professionalism".
 
https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/0...sks-in-douala/

In a bid to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in Cameroon’s coastal city of Douala, city officials led by Mayor Roger Mbassa Ndine on Monday (April 6) distributed face masks to motorcycle and taxi drivers.

The mayor said the aim is to combat the spread of the virus which could explode due to the high mobility of residents. “We will intensify the distribution in the coming days in the other boroughs, our wish is that everyone has a mask all day long. Wearing a mask will be made compulsory,” the Mayor said.

Cameroon is one of few African countries that have not imposed restrictions on movement despite being sub-Saharan Africa’s second most impacted after South Africa.

“These masks are washable, you can wash them in the evening and wear them the next day. This is the way to stop the spread of the coronavirus,” he stressed.

One month after the discovery of the first case of coronavirus in Cameroon, the country os of April 9 had 730 cases with 10 deaths and 60 recoveries. The virus has spread to five regions of the country

For Brice Ekanga, a vendor it is important to have such preventive measures against a very difficult and rampaging virus. “If it were my decision, I would have liked total containment. Can you imagine if I take a taxi for example, if you are in the taxi and you are even only two people, if one person is infected the other will automatically be infected.”

District mayors have also launched a sanitation campaign to disinfect unsanitary areas. Authorities said the situation is worrying and called for barrier measures to stop the pandemic from spreading
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https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/0...avirus-crisis/
Cameroon’s aged president is coming under fire for his absence from the national stage as the central African country faces a burgeoning coronavirus crisis.

A month after the first case of COVID-19 was recorded, 87-year-old Paul Biya has yet to address the nation — a silence that for supporters is a sign of gravitas but for critics one of failure.

According to official figures posted early Monday, Cameroon has 658 cases of the virus, with nine deaths, making it the second most-affected country after South Africa in sub-Saharan Africa.
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