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COVID-19 update As of 3 February, there have been 3,433 reported cases and 121 deaths in 17 provinces. Between 27 January and 3 February, 137 new cases and three deaths were reported. Health personnel represents 5.5 per cent of all confirmed cases (187 people), an increase of 0.5 per cent or 25 people compared to last week. Following un upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the Lac province (from five cases and one death in May 2020 to a sudden 43 cases and two deaths in January 2021), the humanitarian ...

Chadian villagers confront mining giant Glencore over abuses linked to oil spill Issued on: 02/02/2021 - 17:14 Some of fish that died after pollution from Glencore oil concern in southern Chad flowed into the Nya Pende River. © RAID 7 min A group of villagers in southern Chad, who claim a number of accidents by British mining giant Glencore poisoned their drinking water, harming people and destroying farmland, are to confront co...

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 ...

Chad: Quick Alerts - 18 December 2020 Format 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 r...