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Common Market for
Eastern and Southern Africa
COVID- 19
IN COMESA
COMESA Secretariat , Ben Bella Road, PO Box 30051, Lusaka - Zambia, Tel: +260 211 229 725/32, Email: comesa@comesa.int, Web: http://www.comesa.int
@twitter.com/comesa_lusaka, facebook.com/COMESA2
S ince the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic on 11th March
2020, the COMESA region has continued to record cases of the virus. Data from global sources indicate
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that to date, 24th March 2019, over 80% of COMESA Member States (17 countries) have so far reported
cases of COVID-19. Member States that had not reported cases of COVID-19 included Burundi, Comoros,
Libya and Malawi. The COMESA region has so far reported 651 cases, 28 deaths and 69 recoveries.
COMESA MEMBER STATES THAT HAVE REPORTED CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) CASES: 24-MAR-2020
REFERENCE TABLE
# COUNTRY COVID-19 Cases COVID-19 Deaths COVID-19 Recoveries
1 Burundi
2 Comoros
3 Djibouti 3 0 0
4 DR Congo 45 2 0
5 Egypt 366 19 68
6 Eritrea 1 0 0
7 Eswatini 4 0 0
8 Ethiopia 12 0 0
9 Kenya 16 0 0
10 Libya
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11 Madagascar 17 0 0
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12 Malawi
13 Mauritius 36 2 0
14 Rwanda 36 0 0
15 Seychelles 7 0 0
16 Somalia 1 0 0
17 Sudan 2 1 0
18 Tunisia 90 3 1
19 Uganda 9 0 0
20 Zambia 3 0 0
21 Zimbabwe 3 1 0
Total: 651 28 693
The first case in the COMESA region was reported on 14th February 2020 in Egypt. To date, two of
COMESA Member States have recorded more than 50 cases. These are Egypt and Tunisia with 360 and
90 cases, respectively.
Story Title
Trends of COMESA Member States with more than 50 COVID-19 reported case (14th Feb – 24 Mar
2020)
Date
366 2/14/2020 to 3/23/2020
Egypt
350
Country Region
Egypt
327 Tunisia
300
285 294
256
250
200 196
196
Cases
150 150
109
110
100
90
Tunisia
80
75
59
55 67 54
49 60 60
50
39
16 18 29
15 24
5 7 18 20
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 15
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 1 7
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
Feb 12 Feb 17 Feb 22 Feb 27 Mar 3 Mar 8 Mar 13 Mar 18 Mar 23
Date [2020]
Sources: World Health Organisation, https://data.world/covid-19-data-resource-hub/, https://www.wordometers.info/coronavirus/ Compiled by COMWARN4
Other Member States that include DR Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Madagascar, Seychelles, Somalia,
Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe have recorded less than 50 cases.
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Trends of COMESA Member States with less than 50 COVID-19 reported case (14th Feb – 24 Mar 2020)
Date
3/10/2020 to 3/23/2020
DR Congo
45
45
Country Region
Djibouti
DR Congo
Eritrea
40
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Rwanda
36 Kenya
Mauritius
36 Madagascar
35
Mauritius
Rwanda
Seychelles
30 Somalia
Sudan
Uganda
Zambia
25 Zimbabwe
Cases
20
COVID- 19 Madagascar
17
IN COMESA 15
Kenya
16
Ethiopia
12
Uganda
10 9
Seychelles
7
5 Eswatini
Djibouti 4
3 Zimbabwe
3
Zambia
3 Sudan
2
Somalia Eritrea
1 1
0
Mar 9 Mar 11 Mar 13 Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 19 Mar 21 Mar 23
Date [March 2020]
Sources: World Health Organisation, https://data.world/covid-19-data-resource-hub/, https://www.wordometers.info/coronavirus/ Compiled by COMWARN5
Most Member States in the region started recording cases from the 14th of March 2020 and subsequently
many countries put in place measures to contain the spread. As the numbers of cases continued to
escalate, more stringent measures were put in place by the respective Member States.
Measures put in place by Member States
Member States in the region have introduced different measures to contain the pandemic. Given that
most cases of infection in COMESA Member States are associated with persons who have travelled to
affected countries in other parts of the world, one key measure that has been put in place is the grounding
of passenger carriers as is the case with RwandAir and South African Airways (effective 20th March 2020)
and Kenya Airways and Emirates (to be effected on 25th March 2020). The other measures undertaken by
individual countries include among others:
ß Travel restrictions
ß Restricting congregational meetings (limiting number of mourners during funerals to 15
and burials to be conducted within 24 hours after death)
ß Disinfecting public places and providing public sanitisers
ß Early detection
ß Quarantine
ß Random testing
ß Raising public awareness
ß Closure of schools and institutions of higher learning as well as places of worship
ß Governments encouraging people to work from home
ß Encouraging cashless transactions
ß Release of political prisoners to relieve prisons/jails of congestion for inmates who are
mothers, with light sentences, and those nearing prison terms completion6
ß Restricting crowds, including Holding of open-air court hearings; restricting numbers in
funerals and weddings and in some cases temporarily banning weddings,
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ß Limiting number of passengers in public transport vehicles;
ß Stopping visits by family members to inmates in prisons
ß Closure of industrial areas/centres with large numbers of employees
ß Requirements for businesses to use hand sanitizers and maintain social distance with
clients
Regional Initiatives
Currently, regional efforts to assist Member States in containing the pandemic have been initiated. For
instance, the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed more than 100 experts in
different countries. It has supplied 60,000 testing kits to 43 countries to fight the spread of the disease.
COMESA Member States COVID-19 Emergency Numbers
COUNTRY HOTLINE
COVID- Burundi
19 +25761636399, +25768768086, +25779962944
IN COMESA +2694693641 (Ngazidja +2694693643), (Moheli +2694693642), (Ndzouani
Comoros
+2694693644)
DR Congo +243854463582, +243841363267
Djibouti 1517
Egypt 105
Eritrea
Eswatini 977
Ethiopia 83357
Kenya +254800721316, +254732353535, +254729471414
191, 193, +218214631808, +218214631809, +218214629191,
Libya
+218214631807, +218921888999, +218924555554, +218926888999
Madagascar 910
Malawi +265887371288
Mauritius 8924
Rwanda 114
Seychelles 141
Somalia 449
Sudan 9090
Tunisia +21680101919
Uganda +256800203033, +256800100066
Zambia 909, +260974493553, +260964638726, +260953898941
Zimbabwe +263714734593, +263774112531
Source: Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDCP)
Compiled by COMWARN
Note: These numbers operate 24 hours. If you know you have symptoms of COVID-19 or know anyone
who has a case, please call the emergency number in the country where you reside. You can also follow
the World Health Organization (WHO) updates on its WhatsApp No. No. +41 79 893 18 92.8
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