{"id":164795,"date":"2020-09-06T09:08:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T07:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/coronavirus-unicef-benin-covid19-situation-report-no-20-22-august-4-september-2020?lang=en"},"modified":"2020-09-06T09:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T07:08:55","slug":"coronavirus-unicef-benin-covid-19-situation-report-no-20-22-august-4-september-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-unicef-benin-covid-19-situation-report-no-20-22-august-4-september-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus &#8211; UNICEF Benin COVID-19 Situation Report No. 20: 22 August &#8211; 4 September 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/edffadc72655845\/600\/418\" alt=\"United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Situation overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Since March 2020, a total of 2,213 COVID-19 confirmed cases were identified in Benin out of 103,933 tests conducted.<\/p>\n<p><em>Download Report:&nbsp;https:\/\/bit.ly\/3h4iBXg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The situation seems to stabilize, with 98 new cases identified in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>No death related to COVID-19 were recorded in the reporting period. Fatality rate remains at 1.8% whilst the recovery rate is 81.7%, with 1,818 recovered cases.<\/p>\n<p>Number of children under 18 infected by the virus represent 16.2% of all confirmed cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The most affected departments are all located in the former &ldquo;cordon sanitaire&rdquo;, namely, Littoral, Atlantique and Ou&eacute;m&eacute;;<\/li>\n<li>94.5% of confirmed cases are locally acquired;<\/li>\n<li>On 11 August 2020, 1 st to 4th grade students returned to school after the extension of school holidays in April;<\/li>\n<li>Compulsory wearing of face masks in public remain in place;<\/li>\n<li>In addition to mandatory tests upon arrival, the Government announced on 1 September that PCR tests were now required for all passengers departing from Cotonou International Airport. A fee of 100,000 FCFA (180 US$) comprising all tests (arrival and departure) must be paid by all travelers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF).<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/c4c0a79859a137c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/c4c0a79859a137c\" alt=\"United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/c4c0a79859a137c\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situation overview Since March 2020, a total of 2,213 COVID-19 confirmed cases were identified in Benin out of 103,933 tests conducted. Download Report:&nbsp;https:\/\/bit.ly\/3h4iBXg The situation seems to stabilize, with 98 new cases identified in the last two weeks. No death related to COVID-19 were recorded in the reporting period. Fatality rate remains at 1.8% whilst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-164795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-apo","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}