The government of Chad has imposed stiff charges on coronavirus tests for unvaccinated passengers wanting to travel by air from the country. In a communique made public on Monday, Nov. 1, the National Coordination of the Fight Against COVID-19 announced that unvaccinated passengers wishing to travel by air to a foreign country must pay 40,000 […]
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The Chadian government has received medical materials worth $2.8 million donated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support member countries of the G5 Sahel to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The G5 Sahel countries are Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad. The handing over ceremony on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 took place at […]
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Chadian President Idris Deby Itno Thursday signed a decree lifting the total lockdown of the country’s capital N’Djamena. The Government had imposed a total lockdown on N’Djamena on Jan. 1 as part of measures to flatten the COVID-19 curve in the country. Health sources in the Chadian capital informed HumAngle that the decision to lift […]
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President Idris Deby of Chad on Wednesday signed a presidential decree authorizing the reopening of the country’s airports effective Thursday, January 14, 2021. The airports were ordered closed on January 4, 2021, following the confinement of the national capital N’Djamena due to the fear that some foreign arrivals may bring along with them the new […]
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Residents of the Chadian national capital N’Djamena have been protesting against the total lockdown of the city imposed by presidential decree effective from January 1, 2021. The lockdown follows a new COVID-19 scare with reports of a new strain of the virus. The country’s Minister of State, Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic, […]
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Authorities in Chad are currently reviewing the country’s strategies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic after recording 12 new cases out of 427 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of cases confirmed in the country since March this year now stand at1,529 spread through 17 provinces of the country with 1,354 infected persons […]
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COVID-19 restriction is compounding livelihood stresses and impact of climate change on herders in Lake Chad. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says pastureland is disappearing fast due to climate change in the area surrounding Lake Chad, from Fouli to Kouloudia, Wayi and Mamdi in Chad. ” Livestock are dying off and herders […]
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The Chadian office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) marked the World Refugees Day on Saturday, June 20, 2020 donated anti-COVID-19 equipment to some medical facilities housing refugees in Chad. The materials, valued at more than three million FCFA (about 6,000 dollars) included surgical masks, gloves, liquid soap, camel water, hydro-alcoholic gels […]
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Chadian customs have refused to release a consignment of protective material against COVID-19 donated to the country by the Arab Republic of Egypt. The materials which were scheduled to have been officially received by the country’s health authorities on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, are holed-up in Hassan Djamouss International Airport, N’Djamena. A senior customs official, […]
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The Chadian government decided on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, on “an exceptional derogation to adapt the restrictions on circulation in favour of actors within the agricultural sector”. Actors within the agriculture sector are henceforth free to move unhindered within the country based on the decision. This follows similar measures which include the reopening of commercial […]
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Chad’s National Order of Medical Doctors has raised an alarm against the lack of protective equipment for medical personnel in the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In a communiqué issued on Monday the group questioned why protective medical gears for its members and others were taking so long in coming. “The inexplicable […]
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As part of efforts to check the COVID-19 outbreak, Chad’s leader Idriss Derby on April 14 announced that the government would recruit additional 1,638 health personnel to beef up the country’s medical squad. The country, which confirmed its first case on March 30, has recorded 46 cases, 15 have recovered and no death yet as […]
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