Incumbents

Events

17 March – As a contingency measure, the prime minister announced the suspension of all incoming flights from the United States, Brazil, Senegal, Nigeria, Portugal, and all European countries affected by COVID-19 for three weeks. Exceptions are for cargo flights and flights for foreign citizens wishing to return home. The ban also applies to the docking of cruise ships, sailing ships and landing from passengers or crew from cargo ships or fishing ships.^[1]^[2]
20 March – The first case of COVID-19 in the country is confirmed, being a 62 year old foreigner from the United Kingdom.^[3]
25 August – The Attorney General opens an investigation into Fernando Gil Évora and Carlos Dos Anjos, who posed as representatives of President Nicolás Maduro in favor of Colombian Alex Saab.^[4]

^ Maureen O'Hare; Tamara Hardingham-Gill. "Coronavirus: Which countries have travel bans?". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
^ "Governo declara situação de contingência, a nível de Proteção Civil, por causa do Covid-19". Governo declara situação de contingência, a nível de Proteção Civil, por causa do Covid-19. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
^ Veiga, Catarina. "Cabo Verde regista um Primeiro Caso Positivo de COVID-19". www.insp.gov.cv (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
^ "La Fiscalía de Cabo Verde imputó a los dos emisarios que viajaron a Caracas para tratar el caso de Alex Saab". infobae (in European Spanish). August 25, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

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