COVID-19 pandemic in Chad | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Chad |
Index case | N'Djamena |
Arrival date | 19 March 2020 (4 years and 5 months) |
Confirmed cases | 7,702[1] |
Recovered | 7,483[2] |
Deaths | 194[1] |
Government website | |
Ministère de la Santé Publique du Tchad |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Chad was a 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 Chad in March 2020. As the third least developed nation in the world, according to the HDI in 2019,[3] Chad has faced unique economic, social, and political challenges under the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic.