COVID-19 pandemic in El Kadsre

The coronavirus pandemic case in El Kadsre was reported on January 19 to current.

El Kadsre was one of the least affected countries at only 6 cases, the only death was the suicide of the country's patient zero.

January 2020
On January 19, 2020, the El Kadsreian government confirmed its first coronavirus case in West Cliffstown. The person with the coronavirus was a Basque-El Kadsreian woman named Linda Narvaez. She committed suicide by hanging shortly after being tested positive for the virus, and her body was cremated away from civilization to prevent spreading of the disease. In response, the El Kadsreian government also temporarily halted travel to China and ordered all El Kadsreian companies with factories in China to move production of their products elsewhere to prevent contamination and the spread of the coronavirus.

February 2020
In the early morning hours of February 2, 2020, the El Kadsreian government completed the conversion of an abandoned United States Peace Corps office in the Lechutan territory into an 1,000-bed hospital named Lechutan Coronavirus Quarantine Hospital, which began receiving patients from Indonesia and China at 11:00 AM El Kadsreian time the same day.

On February 5, 2020, the El Kadsreian government began the process of converting a vacant office building in Tennjo in the Hokushi territory into a 1,600-bed hospital named Tennjo Coronavirus Quarantine Hospital.

On February 8, 2020, an El Kadsreian sibling photographer duo who visited Wuhan tested positive for the coronavirus and were quarantined for isolation at the El Kadsre Medical Center. They both recovered by March 2, 2020 and have been released into self-quarantine.

On February 11, 2020, the El Kadsreian government completed the E.K.C. Area Coronavirus Quarantine Hospital in Sanbe.

On February 12, 2020, El Kadsre City's government, in cooperation with the El Kadsreian Red Cross Society and Blue Cross Blue Shield El Kadsre, shipped 55,000 face masks and a set of other personal protective equipment to their sister city Xi'an.

On February 15, 2020, the Tibetan Freedom Society of El Kadsre assisted the El Kadsreian Red Cross Society and the Jazilan Red Lion and Sun Society with shipping face masks and personal protective equipment to the Tibet Autonomous Region.

On February 19, 2020, a Air El Kadsre flight chartered by the Royal El Kadsreian Air Force and operated using a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 evacuated 109 people from Wuhan: 100 El Kadsreians, 5 Americans, 3 Venezuelans and 1 Algerian. Upon arrival, the El Kadsreians were quarantined at an abandoned U-Haul center near Cicmpillici, while the Americans were then sent to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the Venezuelans were sent to Caracas for quarantine at the Villa del Cine in Guarenas, and the sole Algerian was sent to Béjaïa for self-quarantine at his home.

On February 25, 2020, two of the quarantined El Kadsreians tested positive for the coronavirus, and were immediately sent to be isolated at the German Hospital of Cicmpillici. On the same day, another Air El Kadsre flight chartered by the Royal El Kadsreian Air Force, this time operated with a Airbus A350 XWB, rescued 98 persons from Wuhan: being 93 El Kadsreians and five Canadians. They were quarantined at the E.K.C. Area Coronavirus Quarantine Hospital.

March 2020
On March 5, 2020, both of the infected quarantined El Kadsreians at the German Hospital of Cicmpillici recovered and were released into self-quarantine.

On March 8, 2020, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III of the Royal El Kadsreian Air Force evacuated 100 El Kadsreian expatriates and rescued 12 Italians from Italy. The plane was flown to El Kadsre's Seahaus territory where they were placed under quarantine at an industrial park in Southport.

On March 9, 2020, all El Kadsreian theme parks were ordered to close until May 8. El Kadsre Disneyland Resort was allowed to continue construction but only construction workers are allowed on site.

On March 10, 2020, a Royal El Kadsreian Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy evacuated 55 El Kadsreians from Iran.

On March 11, 2020, the Royal El Kadsreian Air Force arranged five charter flights to bring back 600 El Kadsreians from Spain and Italy. Upon arrival, they were quarantined at a track & field complex in Quere. The flights were operated by Air El Kadsre, Ryanair and Lechutan Airlines, with McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft respectively.

On March 14, 2020, the fifth case was announced, a 57-year old electrician who visited South Korea.

On March 15, 2020, all El Kadsreian restaurants were ordered to operate by way of drive-thru and take-out only until April 20.

On March 17, 2020, Prime Minister Vincent McLaren and President Ryo Kimura announced the closure of El Kadsre's borders to all but United El Kadsreian Nations citizens and residents, which comes into effect after 11:59pm on Tuesday night.

On March 20, 2020, Prime Minister Vincent McLaren and President Ryo Kimura announced the formation of the El Kadsreian Commission for the Resurrection of Normality, dedicated to helping out other affected countries in the inevitable aftermath of the pandemic.

On March 23, 2020, it was announced that the 57-year old man had recovered.

On March 26, 2020, El Kadsre was placed on lockdown, meaning that anything that wasn't necessary (non-automated TV & radio stations, certain stores, important jobs [fire, police, supermarket and drug store employees for example] and political offices) were closed for four weeks.

On March 29, 2020, the University of El Kadsre's Lethal Disease Research & Eradication Unit announced they had created a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate. Unlike other COVID-19 vaccine candidates, it would be delivered by pill (a la ) instead of needle.

April 2020
On April 6, 2020 at 7:00pm, special broadcast by Queen Elizabeth II in relation to the coronavirus outbreak simlucast by every El Kadsreian channel including all El TV Kadsre channels, Banushen Television, RGN, RTV, Viva, Channel Two, all KadsreTV stations, CPN One, CPN Two, TTV, Star TV, SBS, ITV and TV6.

On April 11, 2020, Andrew Kayos controversially stated that "in the words of, people have had enough of experts, however this time it's because of them stating their gloomy predictions regarding the wait for a cure or vaccine, or for the end of the pandemic."

On April 18, 2020, Prime Minister Vincent McLaren and President Ryo Kimura announced that effective April 22 they will begin reopening the economy, and Ryo announced an emergency plan to be enacted in case of a second wave was in development.

Essential services (Open)

 * 1) Supermarkets
 * 2) Pharamacies
 * 3) Dairies
 * 4) Most department stores
 * 5) Electricity, fuel, gas, internet, telecommunication and water
 * 6) Non-automated news and broadcast media
 * 7) MMO Servers
 * 8) Restaurants (take-out and drive-thru operations only)
 * 9) Fire/Police
 * 10) Mall Security
 * 11) Hospitals
 * 12) Half of the country's national parks

Non-essential services (Closed)

 * 1) Taverns
 * 2) Swimming pools centre
 * 3) Health & Fitness centre
 * 4) Most retail shops
 * 5) Schools
 * 6) Universities
 * 7) Cinemas
 * 8) Theme Parks

Media
On April 15, 2020, MatsuMedia and EKME announced that they were laying off 14% of their workforce as a result of the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus.