COVID-19 pandemic in Montserrat | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Montserrat |
Arrival date | 18 March 2020 (5 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,531 [1] |
Active cases | 76 |
Recovered | 1,449 |
Deaths | 6 |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Montserrat was a part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat on 17 March 2020. [2] The first death occurred on 24 April 2020. [3] By 15 May, all patients had recovered. [4] On 10 July, a new case was discovered. [5] On 7 August, there were no more active cases. [1]
On 12 January, 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, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. [6] [7]
Unlike SARS of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 [8] [9] has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. [10] [8]
The island had a population of 4,649 people in 2018, [11] and of that population there were 1,023 infections accompanied by 8 COVID-19 mortalities since the pandemic started. [12] Testing for COVID-19 was being performed by the Caribbean Public Health Agency. [13] Until13 May when the island received their own testing machine. [14] There is one small hospital (Glendon Hospital) which has no ICU capacity. Specialised health care has to be performed on Antigua or Guadeloupe. [15]
On 18 March, the first case in Montserrat was confirmed. The patient had travelled from London to Antigua before arriving in Montserrat. On the 13 March the authorities had notified that a COVID-19 patient had been discovered on that flight and subsequently all passengers were quarantined and tested. [2] [17]
On 23 March, the second case was confirmed. The patient had no travel history and was the first case of community spread. [18]
On 26 March, three more cases were confirmed to be positive bringing the total to five cases of COVID-19 on the island of Montserrat. [19]
On 7 April, the number of cases had increased to eight. [13]
On 24 April, the first death related to COVID-19 on Montserrat, that of a 92-year female, was announced. [3]
On 25 April, Montserrat had been without new infections for its second week. [20]
On 6 May, Premier Joseph E. Farrell announced that the testing machines for COVID-19 will arrive shortly and that island will soon be able to test. [21]
On 12 May, a business impact assessment was released. COVID-19 caused US$3.6 million in economic disruption. [22]
On 15 May, it was reported that there are no more active cases on Montserrat. [4]
On 10 July, a new case had been discovered. The person had been on the island since March. Contact tracing is under way. [5]
On 7 August, the last two cases recovered, and the island once again has no more active cases. [1]
The island began its vaccination campaign on 8 February 2021; by 11 May, there were 1,321 people in Montserrat (28.4%) who had received at least one dose of the vaccine and 976 (21.0%) had received their second dose. [23]
End of measures. [24]
Chronology of the number of active cases
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