COVID-19 pandemic in Réunion
The COVID-19 pandemic in Reunión was a part of the ongoing pandemic of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that was caused by the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) and which was confirmed to have reached the French overseas department and region of Réunion on 11 March 2020.[4] 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.[9][7] Réunion is an overseas department and region of the French Republic and the State is represented by a Prefect.One of the tasks of the Prefect is to manage major crises.Notes: All measures decreed by President Emmanuel Macron in March have been applied locally by the Prefect Jacques Billant.