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Madagascar: COVID-19 cases - 15,669 cases; 209 deaths

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Seven negative suspect cases and one new case to be observed at Anosiala

Friday February 14 | Fano Rasolo

Suspicion. According to the assessment collected from the Ministry of Public Health, seven suspected cases, that is to say with similar symptoms of the Coronavirus called nCovide 19, were screened negative, at the University Hospital Center (CHU) of Anosiala. “ Since the alert of the viral disease, the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar (IPM) has taken samples from seven sick people, Chinese and Malagasy, in the CHU of Anosiala. All results were negative, after analysis of the IPM. These people are taken care of and receive appropriate treatment during their 14-day quarantine in hospital, ”according to our source with the Ministry of Public Health.

The ministry is still trying to reassure that there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus on the entire Big Island.

Our source also said that another person from abroad on Wednesday (whose gender, nationality and country of origin were not disclosed), and presenting symptoms similar to those of Coronavirus, is in awaiting the result of its analysis. But even if this result would be negative, this person is already under confinement in Anosiala for 14 days, considered as the incubation period of the virus.

Released people

The ministry said four people who had been quarantined in Anosiala were able to join their families and resume their activities on Wednesday.

“ These people are all in good health and their condition requires no fear. Nine other people are still under observation at the hospital and remain in quarantine during the incubation, "according to the ministry.

Thirty-one (31) people who arrived from China on January 29, that is to say before the cancellation of flights between the two countries and scattered throughout Madagascar, were all released on February 11. “ Before the closing of our borders with China, the ministry already recorded the information concerning all the people who arrived from China (name, first name, place of destination and contact details). These 31 people were isolated with their families or at the hotel, but health workers continuously monitored their health. They were forced to wear masks to avoid contamination. After this confinement, we released them because they are all in good health and they were able to take off their masks, ”according to our source with the ministry.

According to the latest assessment, this epidemic, now considered a health alert epidemic of global scope according to the World Health Organization (WHO), has caused 1,367 deaths and has approximately 60,000 patients in China.

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Source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/mad...sh-to-support-economy-due-to-virus-2020-03-24

Madagascar's central bank injects cash to support economy due to virus
Contributor Lovasoa Rabary Reuters
Published
Mar 24, 2020 11:02AM EDT

ANTANANARIVO, March 24 (Reuters) - Madagascar's central bank said on Tuesday it had injected 420 billion ariary ($112.2 million) in March through auctions into the banking system to help it cope with the coronavirus epidemic...

...The Indian Ocean island has so far confirmed 19 cases of the coronavirus.
 
Source: https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/madagascar/coronavirus-a-madagascar-4-nouveau-cas-confirmes

Coronavirus in Madagascar: 4 new confirmed cases
LINFO.RE - created on 26.03.2020 at 15h34 - updated on 26.03.2020 at 17h51- The editorial staff
The total number of Covid-19 contamination in Madagascar now stands at 23 after the confirmation of these 4 new cases.

Madagascar has this Wednesday, March 26, 23 confirmed cases of coronavirus. According to Professor Hanta Vololontiana cited by the Orange.mg site, 4 new cases have been reported. Among them, the three are men. This figure was obtained following 88 tests carried out in the morning. Of all the people who tested positive for Covid-19, the 22 were asymptomatic. Only an infected person is in respiratory distress, but his condition is stable.
Figures validated by the Institut Pasteur and the WHO

Many people question the reliability of the figures released in the CCO-Covid-19 release. The Malagasy state and its Minister of Culture and Communication have however assured that these data have been validated by the Institut Pasteur, the WHO and the Malagasy medical profession. According to the Malagasy Minister of Communication, Lalatiana Andriatongarivo, Madagascar risks finding itself without any technical and financial partner in the event of false and incomplete information.
 
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Coronavirus: two new confirmed cases in Madagascar

LINFO.RE - created on 28.03.2020 at 4.34pm - The editorial staff

Madagascar news
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Two new cases were confirmed in Madagascar, bringing the number of patients to 28, this Saturday, March 28.

As reported by orange.mg , the Big Island has, as of March 28, 28 confirmed cases of coronavirus , 20 asymptomatic cases and 8 symptomatic cases. Among the symptomatic cases, five have fever and asthenia, similar to cases of influenza. As for the other three, they have breathing difficulties, two of which are still in intensive care.

A contact case is among the two new cases of coronavirus confirmed today, note orange.mg. It is a Malagasy , 43 years old, and an Italian , who arrived on Malagasy soil on March 17 last aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight ET853.

Materials arrived in the regions

According to the Malagasy Ministry of the Interior, tests and sampling equipment have been sent to the regions.

As a reminder, The Chinese Jack Ma Foundation donated 100,000 masks and 20,000 rapid test kits to the Big Island . According to the Malagasy head of state, Andry Rajoelina, the 3,500 passengers of all flights arriving in the country since March 14 will be the first to be tested,

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Source: http://french.xinhuanet.com/afrique/2020-03/29/c_138927358.htm

Sunday March 29, 2020
(COVID-19) Madagascar: eleven new cases of COVID-19 confirmed
French.xinhuanet.com | Posted on 2020-03-29 at 09:50

ANTANANARIVO, March 29 (Xinhua) - "Eleven new cases of coronavirus have been registered today," President Andry Rajoelina, President of the Republic of Madagascar, said on Saturday evening live on the Malagasy national television channel (TVM).

"In total, 37 cases of coronavirus are therefore recorded in the territory of Madagascar, two of which are contact cases," he said.

Mr. Rajoelina also urged all the Malagasy people to stay cloistered at home. "The fight to contain the spread of the pandemic will be tougher next week (...)," he said, adding that "anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should go to hospitals for get tested ".

He also warned the Tananarivian population about the routes taken by a Franco-Malagasy tourist couple who have been confirmed positive for coronavirus since their stay in Madagascar, a week before the establishment of the state of health emergency .
 
Source: https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/madagascar/covid-19-50-cas-averes-et-7-suspectes-a-madagascar

Covid-19: 50 proven cases and 7 suspected in Madagascar
INFO.RE - created on 1st April 2020 at 5.08pm - updated on 1st April 2020 at 5.08pm - The editorial staff

According to the assessment of the Ministry of Communication and Culture of Madagascar, Tuesday, March 31 in the evening, eleven new cases of coronavirus were identified after screening tests. Seven of them are awaiting confirmation from the Institut Pasteur.

Faced with the coronavirus pandemic which now affects Madagascar, President Andry Rajoelina announced the adoption of a strategy consisting in subjecting all subjects at risk - people coming from abroad between March 11 and 19 - to screening. The goal is to identify those with the virus so that they can be treated quickly. This will prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

A massive screening operation was then put in place after the fourteen days of compulsory isolation, which corresponds to the incubation period. The rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) detected seven new cases on Tuesday, according to the communication ministry, confirming the information of the head of state.

The seven cases must, however, be confirmed by the Institut Pasteur, which declared four other people infected with coronary artery disease. To date, the Big Island has therefore recorded fifty confirmed cases of Covid-19 and seven suspected cases, specifies the newspaper L’Express de Madagascar. The rapid diagnostic tests should make it possible to speed up the rate of screening in order to be able to control the situation in the country.
 
Source: https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/madagascar/madagascar-59-cas-confirmes-de-coronavirus

Madagascar: 59 confirmed cases of coronavirus
LINFO.RE - created on 3.04.2020 at 1:00 p.m. - The editorial team

Since the arrival of Covid-19 in Madagascar, the country now has 59 people carrying the virus, according to the latest report officially reported on Thursday, April 2.
Five new cases of coronavirus detected in 24 hours

Professor Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana announced on Thursday evening five new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past 24 hours in Madagascar. The three new confirmed cases were among the passengers tested during the mass screening. The dean of medical school said in her televised intervention that "the analysis carried out by the Pasteur Institute confirms that these individuals carry the coronavirus".

The fourth case is a woman in her fifties, a passenger on Air France flight AF934, and the fifth detected is a 19-year-old girl. Professor Vololontiana stressed that the latter is a contact case. "The existence of a second contact case ... invites us to be even more cautious," insisted the dean of the faculty of medicine of Antananarivo, in the words of the news site 24/24.mg.
 
Source: https://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Soixante-dix-cas-positifs-au-Covid-19.html

Seventy Covid-19 positive cases
Saturday April 4 | Fano Rasolo

The bar of seventy cases crossed. Madagascar recorded seventy (70) positive cases at Covid-19, according to the President of the Republic, Andry Rajoelina, in his radio and television intervention to the nation, yesterday. Eleven new cases were registered from Thursday afternoon until the time the Head of State spoke yesterday evening.

"Among these new cases, five are in Antananarivo, including four contact cases, and the other six in Fianarantsoa, ​​all of which are contact cases (see the corresponding article)," the president said.

He said that: "a young girl in contact with the foreign tourist who has traveled all over the island, is among the infected. This tourist made a donation to Ambatomanga with this young girl who subsequently found herself positive at Covid-19 ".

"The six new cases registered are contact cases, all of Malagasy nationality, including a 49-year-old man, a 16-year-old boy, a 47-year-old man, a 19-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a girl. 20 years old, ”revealed Professor Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana, spokesperson for the Covid-19 Operational Command Center (CCO-Covid-19) yesterday at 1 p.m.

Brigade descent

Several cities and regions are already affected by the virus, including Analamanga, Toamasina, Ambatomanga, Antsirabe, Antsiranana, Morondava, Fianarantsoa and Nosy Be. "To curb the spread of the disease and especially the rapid transmission of contact cases, health brigades will raid all places of identification of contact cases. For example, today (note: yesterday), a descent was made to Tetezan'i Bekiraro, Isotry, where a teacher from a high school in Antananarivo was infected by receiving at his home a mixed couple carrying the virus, a foreigner and a Madagascan. The people in contact with this teacher have all been tested, "said the Head of State.

Thus, two hundred thirty-five (235) people were tested on the rapid test during the descent in this district, but the tests all turned out to be negative, according to Andry Rajoelina. A disinfection operation was also carried out in this district yesterday.

"A descent from the health brigades is planned for Ambatomanga and Fianarantsoa, ​​and for all the places where contact cases have been identified, with investigations of all the people in contact with the sick", continued the president.
 
Source: https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/madagascar/coronavirus-madagascar-compte-82-cas-confirmes

Coronavirus: Madagascar has 82 confirmed cases
LINFO.RE - created on 6.04.2020 at 5:03 p.m. - updated on 6.04.2020 at 5:03 p.m. - The editorial staff
Themba Hadebe / AP / SIPA

The new assessment of the coronavirus epidemic in Madagascar was released on Monday, April 6, with 10 new cases detected.
The coronavirus epidemic is progressing slowly, but surely in Madagascar. This Monday, April 6, the Big Island has 82 confirmed cases of Covid-19 after the detection of 10 new cases. These figures were announced by Professor Hanta Vololontiana and relayed by the Moov.mg website. At present, 80 people are hospitalized and the other 2 have been recovered.

Cases in the provinces

Of the 10 new cases, the seven are indigenous cases, four of which are residents of Antananarivo. The other two live in Toliara and the last case was diagnosed in Nosy Be Hell Ville. Still according to Professor Hanta Vololontiana, the latter suffers from breathing difficulties, but is already receiving treatment. In total, Madagascar has identified 31 contact cases throughout the country, of which 21 live in the capital.
 
Source: https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/madagascar/coronavirus-cinq-nouveaux-cas-confirmes-a-madagascar

Coronavirus: five new confirmed cases in Madagascar
LINFO.RE - created on 8.04.2020 at 15h39 - updated on 8.04.2020 at 15.54- The editorial staff
Alexander Joe / AP / SIPA
In Madagascar, the Covid-19 report shows 93 people infected on April 8. No deaths have been reported.

Professor Hanta Vololontiana announced this Wednesday, April 8, five new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing to 93 the number of people infected on the Big Island. Of these five new cases, four are contact cases and one imported case. The contact cases were located in Antananarivo and in the Analanjirofo region.

Of the 93 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Madagascar, 82 are hospitalized, including one with a severe form of the disease. However, Professor Vololontiana said that the patient's state of health is now out of danger, reports orange.mg.

In addition, the CCO spokesman Covid-19 reported four new healings, including three in Toamasina and one in Antananarivo, bringing the people healed to eleven. The latter were all allowed to return home.
 
Source: https://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Zero-nouveau-cas-enregistre-hier.html

Zero new cases registered yesterday
Friday April 10 | Fano Rasolo

The spokesperson for the Covid-19 Operational Command Center (CCO-Covid-19), Professor Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana announced yesterday that among the hundreds of samples analyzed by the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar ( IPM) between Wednesday and Thursday at noon, there were no positive cases of Coronavirus registered.

Yesterday, the results remained unchanged, ninety-three (93) cases positive for Covid-19, including thirty-eight (38) contact cases and fifty-five (55) imported cases. Thus, the people healed and who have returned to their homes remain eleven (11).

Professor Hanta Marie Danielle once again emphasized the importance of respecting containment and other preventive measures to help stabilize the situation.

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Health, Professor Ga?tan Duval Solofomalala, said during his intervention at CCO-Covid-19 that "Madagascar took early prevention measures against the coronavirus before its arrival in the country. We have previously carried out diagnostics on all people from countries where the pandemic has spread and suspected of carrying the virus. Because the earlier the disease is detected, the higher the cure rate. Patients who test positive receive treatment before they develop serious forms that can lead to complications. That is why there are many asymptomatic patients registered, "said Professor Duval.
 
Source: https://2424.mg/news/📣coronavirus-quatre-nouveaux-cas-confirmes-huit-malades-gueris/

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Antananarivo April 12, 1:35 pm - Drawing up the situation of Covid-19 contamination on this Easter day, Professor Vololotiana Hanta Marie Danielle reveals four new confirmed cases of coronavirus. This brings to 106 the number of people affected by this disease in Madagascar.
CCO spokeswoman Covid-19 also reveals that eight patients have been cured. So far, there have been 20 cases of healing.
 
Source: https://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Cinquante-deux-cas-contacts-enregistres-dans-le-pays.html

Fifty-two contact cases registered in the country
Wednesday April 15 | Fano Rasolo

The number of contact cases registered is currently close to that of imported cases. Until yesterday, Madagascar has counted fifty-two (52) contact cases since the entry of the disease in the country, and fifty-six (56) imported cases, that is to say, people who contracted the coronavirus in the countries where they came from, and where the disease is rife.

With the two new cases, the total number of positive cases in the country now stands at one hundred and eight (108), according to a spokesperson for the Covid-19 Operational Command Center (CCO-Covid-19 ), Professor Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana.

Two men, in their fifties, were thus newly infected. One is hospitalized at Anosiala University Hospital, the other at Befelatanana University Hospital. Two other cases of recovery were also reported yesterday, the spokesperson for the CCO-Covid-19 Center reported. There are thus twenty-three (23) cases of recovery since the start of the epidemic in the country.

The number of patients undergoing treatment in the country has stabilized at around eighty-five (85). They await their recovery in the various hospitals where they are treated. None of them are thought to have an aggravated form of the disease, and most are asymptomatic.
 
Source: https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/m...-derniers-chiffres-de-l-epidemie-a-madagascar


Coronavirus: the latest figures on the epidemic in Madagascar

LINFO.RE - created on 04.16.2020 at 6.49 p.m. - updated on 04.16.2020 at 6.30 p.m.


The number of people infected with coronavirus in Madagascar increased again on Thursday. Patients declared cured have also been able to return home.

The coronavirus epidemic is moving in the right and the wrong way in Madagascar. A new case, that of a 14-year-old boy, was identified in Toamasina on Thursday. The total number of patients with Covid-19 in the Big Island is therefore 111. In all, the number of active cases is 78, said Professor Hanta Vololontiana on the story of the site Orange.mg.

33 healings

While the number of confirmed cases has increased slightly, the number of recovered patients is also encouraging. According to the same source, 33 patients have been discharged from the hospital since the start of the coronavirus epidemic. According to the details provided by Prof. Hanta Vololontiana, asymptomatic people remain under observation in hospitals to prevent further contamination. In the process, they are monitored daily by a doctor to avoid worsening the disease.
 
Source: https://2424.mg/news/coronavirus-six-nouveaux-cas-recenses/

CORONAVIRUS - Six new cases identified
2424.mg News & Reports by2424.mg News & Reports
April 17, 2020

Antananarivo April 17, 1:32 p.m. - Madagascar has so far recorded 117 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Professor Vololontiana Hanta Marie Danielle reveals that six new cases were identified on April 17. 84 patients remain hospitalized.
CCO spokesman Covid-19 says these are all contact cases. Three of the patients come from Antananarivo and the other three live in the Atsinanana region.
Professor Vololontiana Hanta Marie Danielle insists that Covid-19 is already affecting society and that the population must take all precautions.
 
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