COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea

COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationGuinea
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseConakry
Arrival date13 March 2020
(4 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Confirmed cases4,988 (as of 21 June)[1][2]
Active cases1,292 (as of 21 June)
Recovered3,669 (as of 21 June)[2]
Deaths
27 (as of 21 June)[2]
Government website
http://www.anss-guinee.org/

The COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea is part of the 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 Guinea in March 2020.[3]

On 13 March 2020, Guinea's first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported.[4][5]

Confirmed cases doubled from eight to sixteen on 29 March.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ANSS". anss-guinee.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Worldometer - Guinea". worldometer. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Guinea reports first confirmed COVID-19 case". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ↑ "EU employee tests positive for coronavirus in Guinea's first case". Reuters. 13 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sudan, Guinea record first cases of coronavirus". africanews.com. 13 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Guinee360 (2020-03-29). "Covid-19: Des nouveaux cas enregistrés ce dimanche à Conakry". Guinee360.com - Actualité en Guinée, toute actualité du jour (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)