COVID-19 pandemic in São Tomé and Príncipe
| COVID-19 pandemic in São Tomé and Príncipe | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Arrival date | 12 April 2020 (5 years, 2 months, 1 week and 5 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 6,771 (updated 1 Apr 2025) |
Deaths | 80 (updated 1 Apr 2025) |
| Fatality rate | 1.18% |
| Vaccinations | Updated 1 Apr 2025:
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| Government website | |
| covid.ms.gov.st Government of São Tomé and Príncipe via Facebook | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in São Tomé and Príncipe is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached São Tomé and Príncipe on 6 April 2020. The first death was recorded on 30 April.
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.
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. Model-based simulations indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number Rt of São Tomé and Príncipe was below 1.0 in May and June 2020 but has since increased to around 1.