2019-2020冠状病毒病苏里南疫情

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2020年3月

2020年3月13日，苏里南宣布确诊该国首例2019冠状病毒疾病病例，患者有荷兰旅行史。副总统阿斯温·阿德欣宣布午夜关闭边境和机场。苏里南学校从3月16日关闭到4月14日。

截至3月20日，累计确诊4例病例。

3月22日，报告第5例病例。政府此前已关闭陆路边境；所有游客均须在指定地点隔离14天。

3月23日，报告第6例病例，为首例病例的密切接触者。

3月25日，新增确诊2例。第7例为首位被感染妇女的丈夫，第8例则为一外国驻苏外交官。

苏里南于29日开始实行为期两周的封闭措施，20时至次日6时不得外出。

3月31日，报告第9例病例。

4月

4月1日，报告第10例病例。

5月

5月3日，所有现存病例已全部治愈。

5月18日，报告第11例病例。

5月27日，报告第12例病例，为男性，25日从法属圭亚那回国。

5月31日，新增确诊11例，累计确诊23例。

The COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname was caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Suriname on 13 March 2020. The case was a person who travelled from the Netherlands the previous week. On 3 April 2020, one person died. On 3 May 2020, all nine cases had recovered. On 18 May, an eleventh case was identified.

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 City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.

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

Timeline

March 2020

On 2 March, the backtrack route between Guyana and Suriname was closed. Originally the closure was for one week, but was extended until further notice.

Suriname was considered a country at risk due to a 'weak' health system.……

April 2020

On 2 April, three patients were released from the hospital after testing negative twice for the virus. They would remain under house quarantine for another week.……

Preventive measures

A soft lock down has been announced from 4 June 18:00 until 12 June 06:00. It changed to total lockdown from 8 June to 21 June. People will only be allowed on the street on certain days based on their surname.

From Sunday 21 June onwards, the following measures are in effect in Suriname:

Lock down from 21:00 until 05:00. As of 6 July, 22:00 to 05:00. From 26 July until 10 August, a lock down from 21:00 until 05:00.

Old measures

The following measures were in effect in Suriname prior to 4 June:

Repatriation

The closure of the borders initially caused concern with both foreigners inside Suriname and Surinamese people aboard. Suriname is a former colony of the Netherlands and shares Dutch as the official language, therefore there are always a large amount people going back and forth between the countries.

Borders

Suriname is bordered with French Guiana by the Marowijne river. There is no bridge between the two countries and border traffic has to use the ferry between Albina and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. On 11 April, Suriname and France announced joint efforts to prevent illegal crossings of the Marowijne, and established a contact point in Albina and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.……

Notable deaths

As of 17 April, there had only been one death reported in the Suriname, but there had been several COVID-19 related deaths of notable people abroad who either had a Surinamese nationality or a strong connection to Suriname.

On 30 March, Jorge Sebá, the honorary consul of Suriname for Brazil, died in Rio de Janeiro.

Crisis management

A National Public Health Response-team was set up in January 2020 who started to develop a response plan led by the director of the Ministry of Public Health, Cleopatra Jessurun. In cooperation with the Pan American Health Organization the Central Laboratory (Bureau voor Openbare Gezondheidszorg – B.O.G.) started to develop a test system for the virus which was completed on 5 February, and train healthcare workers.……

Statistics

Cases per district

Notes:

Vaccination

Suriname is receives its vaccins from the COVAX system, that has made a selection for Suriname for the AstraZeneca vaccine. In March 2021 Suriname received 50.000 vaccines from India as a friendly gesture. In the midst of April the number of vaccines run out, and at the beginning of May Suriname requested the Netherlands for help. On 15 May 2021, the Netherlands replied to donate 700.000 COVID-19 vaccines to Suriname.……