On March 15, Acting Minister of Health Jeffrey Lloyd announced the first confirmed case, a 61-year-old female.
[1] On March 20, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced a 9pm to 5am curfew, restrictions on private gatherings, and closure of most in-person businesses, with limited hours for food stores and farmers' markets, pharmacies, gas stations, laundromats, banks, construction, and restaurants (limited to take-out only).
Essential workers for the government, utilities, and media were exempted, as were health care providers and suppliers.
[11] On 5 April, the Queen of the Bahamas addressed the Commonwealth in a televised broadcast, in which she asked people to "take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return".
[12] On April 19, the prime minister announced that wearing a mask or covering one's face with clothing is mandatory in public.