COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

On 12 January 2020, 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, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center |title=Novel Coronavirus Information Center |last=Elsevier |date= |website=Elsevier Connect|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130171622/https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center|archive-date=30 January 2020|access-date=15 March 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Matt |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-coronavirus |title=What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic? |date=4 March 2020 |magazine=Wired UK|access-date=5 March 2020 |issn=1357-0978|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305104806/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-coronavirus|archive-date=5 March 2020|url-status=live}}

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,{{cite web |url= https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196137/crunching-numbers-coronavirus/ |title=Crunching the numbers for coronavirus |website=Imperial News|date=13 March 2020 |access-date=15 March 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200319084913/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196137/crunching-numbers-coronavirus/|archive-date=19 March 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid |title=High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England |last= |first= |date= |website=GOV.UK |language=en|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200303051938/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid|archive-date=3 March 2020|access-date=17 March 2020}} but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.{{cite web |url= https://www.wfsahq.org/resources/coronavirus |title=World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus |last= |first= |date= |website=www.wfsahq.org|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200312233527/https://www.wfsahq.org/resources/coronavirus|archive-date=12 March 2020|access-date=15 March 2020}}

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On 5 April, the first case was confirmed in the collectivity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnews.fr/france/2020-04-05/saint-pierre-et-miquelon-un-porteur-sain-premier-cas-avere-de-covid-19-943751|title=Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : un "porteur sain", premier cas avéré de Covid-19|website=www.cnews.fr|date=5 April 2020 |language=fr|access-date=2020-04-05}}

On 25 April, the Overseas Minister announced a gradual deconfinement in Saint Pierre and Miquelon starting Monday 27 April. The majority of businesses were reopened except for bars and restaurants. Schools were reopened in the first week of May. Travel between the two islands resumed on 11 May. Restrictions on sports and gatherings remained in place and there has been review of the deconfinement every two weeks.{{Cite news|url=http://outremers360.com/societe/covid-19-deconfinement-progressif-a-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-a-partir-de-lundi/|title=Covid-19: Déconfinement progressif à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon à partir de lundi|access-date=26 April 2020|language=fr|website=Outremers 360}}

On 4 May, it was reported that the more than 270 students stranded in metropolitan France and Canada would return to Saint Pierre and Miquelon from 12 May onward. They were quarantined for 14 days and tested. The students in metropolitan France were repatriated in two groups.{{Cite news|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/saintpierremiquelon/saint-pierre-spm/retour-des-etudiants-a-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-les-details-logistiques-829428.html|title=Coronavirus : les étudiants rentreront à partir du 12 mai à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon|website=St-Pierre & Miqueon la 1ère|access-date=7 May 2020|language=fr}}

In April 2021, restrictions to travel to both Metropolitan France and Canada remained in place. The islands had been declared Covid-free in February, and requested inclusion in Canada's Atlantic Bubble, although this was not successful.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.5981864/these-french-islands-off-newfoundland-want-to-join-the-atlantic-bubble-1.5981865 |title=These French islands off Newfoundland want to join the Atlantic Bubble |work=CBC Radio |date=9 April 2021 |access-date=22 September 2021}}

By the end of July a total of 3,083 cases had been confirmed.

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