Ex-Ante Evaluation (for Japanese ODA Loan)Covid-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan • July 6th, 2022
In March 2020, the first COVID-19 infection case was confirmed in the Republic of Fiji (Fiji), but since April 2020, there had been no new infection cases confirmed, due to swift responses such as the suspension of international flights and lockdowns, including the capital city of Suva. However, in mid-April of 2021, the first new cases of community-acquired infection in one year were confirmed. After that, the infection explosively spread in the country, and when it peaked in late July of the same year, some 7 thousands new cases were confirmed in one week, but as of June 2022, the spread of infection was subsiding, with the number of confirmed cases kept at around 20-30 persons per week. According to Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MoHMS) in Fiji, the cumulative numbers of confirmed cases and deaths in the same month were approximately 65 thousands and 8.6 hundreds, respectively.
Ex-Ante Evaluation (for Japanese ODA Loan)Covid-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan • July 6th, 2020
Program: COVID-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan Loan Agreement: May 25, 2022Covid-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan • May 27th, 2022
In Côte d'Ivoire, the infection of COVID-19 was first confirmed in March 2020, and then the infection spread rapidly toward the end of 2021. From December 10, 2021 to January 9, 2022, the cumulative number of infected people increased from 61,882 to 77,449 (+15,567), and the cumulative number of deaths increased from 706 to 735 (+29), (Total population 26.38 million (World Bank, 2020)). The spread of COVID-19 has had a major impact on the country's economy, and the economic growth rate has been revised downward from an average of about 7% before COVID-19 (2016-2019) to 2% in 2020 (IMF, 2021).
