Chad: Quick Alerts - 22 January 2021
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COVID-19 update
As of 20 January, there have been 3,065 reported cases and 114 deaths in 17 provinces. Between 17 and 20
January, 170 new cases were reported in five different provinces and in N’Djamena: in Mayo Kebbi ouest, Guera,
Sila, Kanem and Batha. Most new cases are contact cases and travelers. The Health Crisis Management
Committee recommended lifting the confinement of N’Djamena, stating that “we need to learn to live with the
virus”. President Deby signed a decree on 21 January to that effect, hereby allowing the “resumption of formerly
restricted activities in the strict respect of health protocols”. Curfew is maintained from 8pm until 5am at least
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KAI-KAI, NORTHERN CAMEROON - Aid groups in Cameroon say thousands of people displaced last year from flooding and elephant attacks in the far north need help being resettled. Hundreds of the victims are living in the open after heavy rains and rampaging elephants destroyed their homes.
Heavy winds blow over Kai-Kai district on Cameroon’s northern border with Chad. The winds disrupt a ceremony in which 134 homeless civilians are receiving gifts from non-governmental organizations.
Alim Wendi, 26, a farmer and single mother of three, is among the people running for nearby tents to escape the dust, grass and tree branches blown about by the strong winds.
COVID-19 update
On 31 December 2020, the Government of Chad issued a decree closing the land borders of the city of N’Djamena for a week starting 1 January, with a stricter curfew from 6pm to 5am. Schools and universities, places of worship, bars, restaurants, markets are closed. On 4 January the air borders were closed to travelers. Public or private gatherings of people in groups larger than 10 are prohibited, and urban and interurban transport is forbidden. Health centers and food shops remain open and cargo flights are permitted. A minimum service is guaranteed for banks, public and private essential services, mobile telephone companies and oil stations. These restrictions apply within N’Djamena with the boundaries defined as east of N’Djamena-Koura, west of Mara, south of Koundoul and north of Djermaya.
UNICEF Chad COVID-19 Situation Report No. 8 for 22 October to 25 November 2020
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Highlights
As of 25 November 2020, out of the total of 1,661 confirmed COVID-19 cases registered in Chad (the majority being male aged 25-59 years), 26 are children. Of these 26 children, five cases have been confirmed in children under five (four girls and one boy), and 21 cases are children aged between 5 and 14 years (eleven girls and ten boys).
During this reporting period, COVID-19 reported cases continued to increase particularly in the Southern provinces of Mayo Kebbi-Est/Ouest, Moyen Chari, Logone Occidental and Oriental; overall, the number of reported cases increased at a slower pace than at the beginning of the pandemic. Cases have now been reported in a total of 17 provinces (representing over three quarters of the country): N’Djaména, Batha, Chari-Baguirmi, Ennedi Est, Guéra, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo Kebbi-Est, Mayo Kebbi-Ouest, Moyen-Chari,
WFP Chad Country Brief, December 2019
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USD 2.7 m cash-based transfers made
USD 52.5 m six months (January 2020-June 2020) net funding requirements
795,996 people assisted in December 2019
Operational Updates
• On 11 December, the Minister of Health, Dr. Mahamoud Youssouf Khayal and the Minister of Agriculture, Madjidian Padja Ruth, launched the first fortified food for children aged 6-24 months produced in Chad. MANISA is a flour for infants that complies with national and international standards and regulations. WFP, UNICEF, FAO and WHO are collaborating to implement PROFORT, an initiative that promotes the production of locally fortified complementary foods in the Mayo Kebi Est and Mayo Kebi Ouest provinces. UN agencies add diverse value, based on their area of expertise, to the project, while the Government takes the leadership. The production of fortified flour improves the livelihoods of local smallholder farmers, who supply the commodities needed to manufacture