Background
On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. [6] [7]
Unlike SARS of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 [8] [9] has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. [10] [8]
The island had a population of 4,649 people in 2018, [11] and of that population there were 1,023 infections accompanied by 8 COVID-19 mortalities since the pandemic started. [12] Testing for COVID-19 was being performed by the Caribbean Public Health Agency. [13] Until13 May when the island received their own testing machine. [14] There is one small hospital (Glendon Hospital) which has no ICU capacity. Specialised health care has to be performed on Antigua or Guadeloupe. [15]
Timeline
March 2020
On 18 March, the first case in Montserrat was confirmed. The patient had travelled from London to Antigua before arriving in Montserrat. On the 13 March the authorities had notified that a COVID-19 patient had been discovered on that flight and subsequently all passengers were quarantined and tested. [2] [16]
On 23 March, the second case was confirmed. The patient had no travel history and was the first case of community spread. [17]
On 26 March, three more cases were confirmed to be positive bringing the total to five cases of COVID-19 on the island of Montserrat. [18]
April 2020
On 7 April, the number of cases had increased to eight. [13]
On 24 April, the first death related to COVID-19 on Montserrat, that of a 92-year female, was announced. [3]
On 25 April, Montserrat had been without new infections for its second week. [19]
May 2020
On 6 May, Premier Joseph E. Farrell announced that the testing machines for COVID-19 will arrive shortly and that island will soon be able to test. [20]
On 12 May, a business impact assessment was released. COVID-19 caused US$3.6 million in economic disruption. [21]
On 15 May, it was reported that there are no more active cases on Montserrat. [4]
July 2020
On 10 July, a new case had been discovered. The person had been on the island since March. Contact tracing is under way. [5]
August 2020
On 7 August, the last two cases recovered, and the island once again has no more active cases. [1]
February 2021
The island began its vaccination campaign on 8 February 2021; by 11 May, there were 1,321 people in Montserrat (28.4%) who had received at least one dose of the vaccine and 976 (21.0%) had received their second dose. [22]
October 2022
End of measures. [23]
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