COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea-Bissau | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Guinea-Bissau |
Arrival date | 25 March 2020 (4 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,389 (as of 12 June)[1] |
Active cases | 1,224 (as of 12 June) |
Recovered | 153 (as of 12 June) |
Deaths | 12 (as of 12 June) |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Guinea-Bissau in March 2020.[2]
On 25 March, Guinea-Bissau confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases, a Congolese U.N. employee and an Indian citizen.[3]
On 29 April, the Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam, Interior Minister Botche Candé, Secretary of State for Public Order Mario Fambé, and Secretary of State for Regional Integration Monica Buaro da Costa had tested positive for the coronavirus.[4][5]