COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru

COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationNauru
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseDenigomodu
Arrival date2 April 2022
Confirmed cases5,393[1]
Deaths
1[1]
Fatality rate0.02%
Vaccinations
  • 13,106[1] (total vaccinated)
  • 11,346[1] (fully vaccinated)
  • 32,157[1] (doses administered)

The COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru is part of the ongoing 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 Nauru on 2 April 2022.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4]

Timeline

By March 2020, the government declared a national emergency as a preventive measure, suspending all but one weekly flight to the country and instituting a 14-day quarantine for all arrivals.[7] By June 2020, the government had formed a COVID-19 Taskforce.[8] On 14 December, a historical case was identified on a shipping vessel. Since the case remained on board, it was not considered to have entered Nauru.[9]

On 2 April 2022, Nauru recorded its first two cases of COVID-19.[10][11] At the end of April 2022, two other cases were detected from incoming travelers and were contained in a quarantine facility.[12][13] By 2 May, in reporting to the WHO, there were five confirmed COVID-19 cases; 22,976 vaccines doses administered, accounting for 79% of the population with two doses and 49% with the booster.[14] On 21 June, Nauru reported its first community case. In addition, a total of 337 tested positive for COVID-19.[15] Nauru recorded its first and only death from COVID-19 on 1 July, of Reanna Solomon, a weightlifter who was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal.[16][17] The number of cases continued to rise for the remainder of the year.

By early March 2023, the total cases had reached 5,393 and no new cases were recorded after.[18] By July 2023, the government disbanded the COVID-19 Taskforce, redirecting COVID-19 cases to the Republic of Nauru Hospital.[19]

See also

References

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  6. ↑ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Coronavirus: Sweeping restrictions introduced across the Pacific". RNZ. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Nauru COVID-19 Taskforce continues to monitor and assess international advice". Loop Nauru. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "REPUBLIC OF NAURU Government Information Office CORONAVIRUS UPDATE". naurugov.nr. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "MEDIA STATEMENT For Immediate Release Saturday, 2 April, 2022". Facebook. 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  11. ↑ "Covid-19 in the Pacific". Radio New Zealand. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Pacific news in brief - Wednesday 27th April". Radio New Zealand. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "Nauru: WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard With Vaccination Data". covid19.who.int. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  15. ↑ Lewis, Lydia (21 June 2022). "Nauru records first community Covid-19 cases". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  16. ↑ Oliver, Brian (6 July 2022). "Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion dies of COVID-19 aged 40". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "Reanna Solomon, Commonwealth weightlifting gold medallist, dies of Covid aged 40". WIONews. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "Nauru: WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard". World Health Organization. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "Nauru's COVID-Taskforce has been disbanded". Loop Nauru. 26 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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