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The Central African Republic | Revised humanitarian response (May–December 2020)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN 978-92-5-133024-1

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Since the first COVID-19 cases were reported in the country, the Government has taken several urgent and essential health-related measures to mitigate the spread, including border closures, movement restrictions between Bangui and the largest towns in the East, the closure of the national airport and increased controls at the border with Cameroon. The effects of the essential restrictions have exacerbated the slowdown in food commodity imports and there have been major supply chain disruptions. The majority of imports are now coming from Cameroon due to the closure of borders with other countries, but a two-week delay in supply has been observed due to increased border controls, which created shortage in supply in Bangui as well as in other provinces. In the framework of FAO’s Corporate COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme and the United Nations Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19, FAO has revised its humanitarian response for 2020 to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and address the needs of the most vulnerable households.

Revised 13 August 2020, minor edits See the full list of policy briefs related to COVID-19.

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​FAO. 2020. The Central African Republic | Revised humanitarian response (May–December 2020): Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0183en

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