Coronavirus in Madagascar: return to containment for Antananarivo

The interns in medicine of the faculty of Antananarivo gathered here, on July 1, 2020, around their president to decide to maintain their strike within the CHUs and Basic Health Centers. RFI / SARAH TETAUD

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In Madagascar, the government is strengthening measures for a state of health emergency. An extraordinary Council of Ministers, held on Saturday evening July 4 by videoconference, decided to completely confine the Analamanga region where the capital, Antananarivo is located. The confinement is planned for a period of 15 days, from Monday 6 to 20 July.

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With our correspondent in Antananarivo,   Laure Verneau

It is a return to total containment for the Analamanga region with a
ban on leaving or entering it. The essential shops are only open from 6:00 am to noon. Only pharmacies can open all day.

Traffic is prohibited except for the transport of goods and patients to the hospital.

Wearing a mask remains compulsory and the ban on gatherings is still valid.

Classes are suspended and schools close. However, the deconfinement phase had started since April 20. Classes had resumed on April 22, with the taking of covid-organics, the artemisia tea launched by the presidency.

But two and a half months later, the number of infected cases has exploded, with 2,941 cases identified and 32 dead, since the start of the epidemic. Some hospitals in the capital are full and have exceeded their logistical capacity.

The Council of Ministers this Sunday evening should provide more details on the containment measures.

Read also: Coronavirus in Madagascar: interns on strike in hospitals in the capital

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