A new R package named “Covdata” accesses a dataset that documents worldwide national policies to fight the pandemic.
Here is what I found, when I looked at Mali.
Is the Bamako Region really getting 20 million masks?
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## 1 Mali on March 17th, limits all gatherings to 50 people maximum in accordance with hygiene rules, and includes cultural and political events, weddings, funerals, sporting events, etc. All public gatherings are banned.
## 2 On March12, Mali is enforcing a 14 day self quarantine on all passengers coming from a corona afflicted country if they have a temperature superior to 37.5 degrees celsius or show other minor symptoms.
## 3 In Mali, every passenger arriving into the country will be receiving health and hygiene government recommendations and the 'green number' to call for information.
## 4 On March 12th Mali suspends all important gatherings until further notice, such as festivals, concerts, conferences, etc. No specified cap in how many people can gather at once.
## 5 on march 12, Mali announces that all incoming passengers from countries with more than 500 cases who show major symptoms and fever superior to 37.5 degrees C will be taken to a medical facility to be tested.
## 6 On March 12, Mali announces that all passengers arriving in Mali via land and air will be subject to temperature testing.
## 7 Mali: The mission of the Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory (Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Appliquée LBMA) "is to use its platform to provide within three hours the diagnosis of suspected cases of zoonoses such as COVID19 by the real-time PCR method. [...] The LBMA is part of: Mali's "One Health" platform; the National Institute of Public Health's (INSP) COVID19 algorithm for the management of suspected cases of disease."
## 8 On March 17th, Mali bans all commercial flights from unspecified countries affected by the coronavirus, with the exception of cargo flights, effective on March 19th 2020.
## 9 On March 17th, the government of Mali announced that schools will be closed for 3 weeks, starting on March 19th.
## 10 On March 25 2020, President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, declared a state of health emergency.
## 11 On March 25th, in a televised address, President Keita 'announced the implementation of a nationwide curfew between 21:00 and 05:00 (local time) as of Friday, March 27, that will remain in place until further notice'. The national police is responsible for controlling the compliance with the curfew.
## 12 In Mali, the national parliamentary elections on March 29 2020 (1st round) were maintained, a day after the country's first coronavirus death. The second round was hold on April 19, 2020.
## 13 On March 30th, Mali announced reduced work hours to 7h30 to 2pm without any breaks, effective wednesday april 1st.
## 14 On April 9th 2020, "the Malian Parliament unanimously approved the ratification of the treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU). Mali is the second country who ratified, after Rwanda. [...] The treaty will enter into force once fifteen AU member states have ratified it." The aim is to promote the regulation of medical products on the African continent.
## 15 On april 10th, Mali's ministry of health formally bans all commercialization of chloroquine phosphate and discourages the consumption of the product, which does not meet certain pharmaceutical norms yet is confused with chloroquine which is thought to help fight to virus. The ministry encourages the cooperation of importers, sellers, and consumers. Any person found in possession of this medicine will be subject to legal consequences.
## 16 On April 10th, Mali's president Keita announced the 'un malien, un masque' policy, in which he announces ordering 20 million masks for the region of Bamako.