2020 in Haiti

Events in the year 2020 in Haiti.

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Events

February

April
  • April 6 – Haiti has community transmission of the coronavirus.[3]
  • April 9 – Many Haitians flee the Dominican Republic due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic.[4]
  • April 13 – A historical landmark church inside Haiti's UNESCO World Heritage site, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church in Milot, is destroyed in a fire.[5]
  • April 20 – Haiti reopens factories; the country reports 40 COVID-19 cases and three deaths.[6]
  • April 21 – Haiti and Mexico have detected coronavirus infections among migrants deported recently from the United States.[7]

May
  • May 8 – The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti calls for immediate action to address health and humanitarian needs, alongside ongoing efforts to promote sustainable development and resilience to future shocks. The organization warns that the COVID-19 pandemic may increase poverty in a country where four million people need urgent food assistance, and at least one million are suffering from severe hunger. Haiti has 101 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths, and it still suffers from the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak.[8]

June
  • June 16 – COVID-19 pandemic: The government says the virus has peaked in Haiti. 4,309 people have been infected and 73 have died since March 19 when the virus was first detected.[9]

July

August
  • August 23 – A ten-year-old girl is killed in Haiti by Hurricane Laura.[11]
  • August 26 – The number of deaths from Hurricane Laura increases to 21.[12]

November
  • November 13 – Haiti faces a fuel shortage in dispute between the government and its latest supplier of fuel, Preble-Rish.[13]

December
  • December 10 – Jacques Yves Sebastien Duroseau, 34, a U.S. Marine, is found guilty of smuggling guns from North Carolina to Haiti in 2019 in an attempt to establish himself as Haitian president.[14]
  • December 16 – COVID-19 pandemic: Scientists are flummoxed by Haiti's relatively low number (9,588 confirmed cases) of COVID-19 infections. A feared second wave seems to be fueled by immigration from Florida and the Dominican Republic.[15]

Scheduled events
See also: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage

Deaths

See also

References
  1. Mueren 15 niños al incendiarse orfanato en Haití (in Spanish) Archived 2020-02-18 at the Wayback Machine La Jornada, 14 Feb 2020
  2. Haiti carnival season start descends into gunfire and violent protests Archived 2020-02-27 at the Wayback Machine Independent, 24 Feb 2020
  3. "Haiti now has community transmission of the coronavirus. It's getting rapid testing". The Miami Herald. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
  4. "Haitians are fleeing the Dominican Republic due to coronavirus. Many arrive home unscreened". The Miami Herald. Apr 9, 2020. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
  5. "Historical symbol of Haitian identity gutted after church dome goes up in flames". Miami Herald. Apr 13, 2020. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
  6. "Haiti declares early victory over coronavirus, plans to reopen factories". The Miami Herald. April 15, 2020. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
  7. Oré, Diego; Paultre, Andre (April 20, 2020). "Exporting coronavirus? Infections among U.S. deportees reach Haiti, Mexico". Reuters. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  8. "'Humanitarian catastrophe' looms in Haiti, threatening years of progress as COVID-19 takes hold, ECOSOC group says". UN News. 8 May 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  9. "Haiti says virus infections have peaked". medicalxpress.com. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  10. "Servicio Migratorio de EU "exportó" Covid al regresar a personas infectadas". El Universal (in Spanish). 13 July 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  11. "En Haití, primera víctima de 'Laura', que va hacia Cuba; 'Marco' amenaza a EU". www.msn.com (in Spanish). AFP. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  12. "El número de muertos en Haití por la tormenta Laura sube a 21". www.msn.com (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  13. Charles, Jacqueline (November 13, 2020). "Haiti is running low on fuel again as sweet deal with fuel supplier turns sour". Miami Herald. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  14. Fowler, Hayley (December 10, 2020). "Marine found guilty of smuggling guns to Haiti in purported plot to become president". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  15. Charles, Jacqueline (December 16, 2020). "Despite lax rules, COVID-19 claims few lives in Haiti. Scientists want to know why". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  16. Haiti Public Holidays 2020 Archived 2020-02-27 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 27 Feb 2020
  17. "Bernard Diederich, dean of Haitian press who devoted life to telling Haiti's story, dies". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  18. "Le célèbre poète haïtien Georges Castera est mort à 83 ans". rezonodwes.com (in French). Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  19. "Décès de Annette Auguste dit "Sò Anne", une militante d'exception". juno7.ht (in French). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  20. "L'ancienne star du football haïtien Ernst Jean Joseph est mort à 72 ans". Archived from the original on September 13, 2020.
  21. "iciHaiti - Pèlerin 5 : Assassination of the president of the Bar of Port-au-Prince - iciHaiti.com : All the news in brief 7/7". IciHaiti.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020.
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