What is COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic?
{{Infobox pandemic | name = COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic | map1 = | legend1 = | map2 = | legend2 = | map3 = | legend3 = | disease = [[COVID-19]] | virus_strain = [[SARS-CoV-2]] | location = [[Central African Republic]] | first_case = [[Bangui]] | arrival_date = 14 March 2020<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=3|day1=14|year1=2020|month2=|day2=|year2=}}) | origin = [[Wuhan]], [[China]] | recovery_cases = 10 <small>(as of 9 May)</small> | deaths = 0 <small>(as of 9 May)</small> | confirmed_cases = 143 <small>(as of 9 May)</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=Le @MSPCentrafrique⁩ annonce 49 nouveaux cas de #COVID19 en #RCA ce qui amène à un total de 143 cas confirmés. |url=https://twitter.com/OMSCentrafrique/status/1258884822702993412/photo/1 |last=Centrafrique |first=O. M. S. |date=2020-05-09|website=@OMSCentrafrique |language=fr |access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> | suspected_cases = | total_ili = | website = }} The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was confirmed to have reached the [[Central African Republic]] in March 2020. As of 9 April 2020, there were only three ventilators in the entire country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.devex.com/news/these-countries-have-only-a-handful-of-ventilators-96970|title=These countries have only a handful of ventilators|first=Emma|last=Smith|date=9 April 2020|website=Devex}}</ref> The country's first case was announced on 14 March, with the patient being identified as a 74-year-old Italian man who returned to the Central African Republic from [[Milan]], Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-centralafrica/central-african-republic-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-who-idUSL8N2B62KD|title=Central African Republic confirms first coronavirus case -WHO |work=Reuters|date=15 March 2020|access-date=15 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315211056/https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-centralafrica/central-african-republic-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-who-idUSL8N2B62KD|archive-date=15 Ma