COVID-19 pandemic in Åland explained
| COVID-19 pandemic in the Åland Islands |
| Map1: | COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Åland by municipalities.svg |
| Legend1: | Map of the COVID-19 outbreak in Åland Islands by municipalities as of 5 March 2022.--> |
| Disease: | COVID-19 |
| Virus Strain: | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location: | Åland (Finland) |
| Arrival Date: | 22 March 2020
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| Confirmed Cases: | 5,721 |
| Deaths: | 9 |
| Test Positivity Rate: | 4.9% |
| Website: | https://www.alandstidningen.ax/ |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Åland, an autonomous region of Finland, in March 2020.__TOC__
Background
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.[1] [2]
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[3] [4] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[5] [3]
Timeline
On 22 March 2020, the first case in the Åland Islands was confirmed.[6]
On 13 April 2020, the Islands reached a total of 10 cases.[7]
Cases by municipalities
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Novel Coronavirus Information Center . Elsevier . Elsevier Connect. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130171622/https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center. 30 January 2020. 15 March 2020.
- Reynolds . Matt . What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic? . 4 March 2020 . Wired UK. 5 March 2020 . 1357-0978. https://web.archive.org/web/20200305104806/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-coronavirus. 5 March 2020. live.
- Web site: Crunching the numbers for coronavirus . Imperial News. 13 March 2020 . 15 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200319084913/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196137/crunching-numbers-coronavirus/. 19 March 2020. live.
- Web site: High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England . GOV.UK . en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200303051938/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid. 3 March 2020. 17 March 2020.
- Web site: World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus . www.wfsahq.org. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312233527/https://www.wfsahq.org/resources/coronavirus. 12 March 2020. 15 March 2020.
- News: Åland Islands confirms first coronavirus cases, recommends quarantine for visitors from Finland . 22 March 2020 . Yle . 22 March 2020.
- Web site: Statistik covid-19. Ålandstidningen Nyheter på Åland. 6 July 2021. sv.
- Web site: Experience. 2021-05-15. experience.arcgis.com.
