COVID-19 update
As of 16 December, there have been 1,818 reported cases and 102 deaths in 17 provinces. Between 13 and 16 December, 48 new cases have been reported: all but two in N’Djamena (46), the rest in Mayo-Kebbi Est (2). The nineteen cases reported this week in N’Djamena are from prospective travelers, taking a required test in anticipation of their trips. In the Logone oriental province, where a cluster of cases had been detected in the refugee camps of Dosseye and Belom (Nya Pende department), all reported cases have now recovered according to UNHCR’s monitoring of the situation. Awareness-raising activities have been reinforced in the camps, while respecting barrier measures. While still urging caution, the Chadian Government has exceptionally decided to relax the current curfew across the country on Christmas eve (the night of 24 December), allowing movement that evening until 1am, instead of the regular times of 9pm (in N’Djamena) or 7pm in some provinces.
Chad: Quick Alerts - 18 December 2020
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COVID-19 update
As of 16 December, there have been 1,818 reported cases and 102 deaths in 17 provinces. Between 13 and 16 December, 48 new cases have been reported: all but two in N’Djamena (46), the rest in Mayo-Kebbi Est (2). The nineteen cases reported this week in N’Djamena are from prospective travelers, taking a required test in anticipation of their trips. In the Logone oriental province, where a cluster of cases had been detected in the refugee camps of Dosseye and Belom (Nya Pende department), all reported cases have now recovered according to UNHCR’s monitoring of the situation. Awareness-raising activities have been reinforced in the camps, while respecting barrier measures. While still urging caution, the Chadian Government has exceptionally decided to relax the current curfew across the country on Christmas eve (the night of 24 December), allowing movement that evening until 1am, instead of the regular times of 9pm (i
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Published 16 December 2020
Eleven people have been killed in fresh clashes in southern Chad between nomadic herders and farmers, according to a prosecutor in the region.
Fighting took place on Sunday and Monday in a village in East Tandjile province after cattle destroyed a field of crops, prompting farmers to attack the herders.
Violence between sedentary farmers and cattle raisers from the Fulani community, also called Peuls, has deep roots in southern Chad, where many people carry guns.
“There were four deaths among the Fulani and seven among local farmers, two of whom were killed on Monday by the security forces,” provincial prosecutor Abdoulaye Bono Kono told AFP late Tuesday.
Chad: Quick Alerts - 16 October 2020
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As of 14 October, there have been 1,350 reported cases and 92 deaths in 17 provinces. Between 7 and 14
October, there have been 88 new cases and three deaths in N’Djamena and in the southern provinces of
Moyen-Chari, Mayo-Kebbi ouest, Logone occidental and Logone Oriental. The new cases represent contact
cases and travelers (perspective and incoming). Of the 55 African Union members reporting epidemiological
data on COVID-19, 14 countries, including Chad, have reported mortality rates above the global rate of 2.9
percent, according to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The average mortality
rate in Africa is currently around 2.4 per cent – Chad’s is 6.8 per cent - and the total number of COVID-19