COVID-19 pandemic in Crimea explained

COVID-19 pandemic in Crimea
Map1:Crimea (orthographic projection).svg
Disease:COVID-19
Virus Strain:SARS-CoV-2
Location:Crimea
Arrival Date:21 March 2020
Confirmed Cases:16,314
Recovery Cases:12,374
Deaths:313

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Ukrainian territory of Crimea (claimed and occupied by Russia as the Republic of Crimea, but recognised as a part of Ukraine by most of the international community as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) in March 2020. The Russian government includes cases in the Republic of Crimea in the count of cases in Russia.

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

March 2020

On 21 March, the first case was confirmed.[6]

May 2020

As of May 11, the Russian head of Crimea reported 126 COVID-19 cases in the city of Sevastopol and 202 cases in the rest of the peninsula, for 328 cases in total.[7]

July 2020

According to the Crimean Human Rights Group, on July 10, 2020, there were ten new cases in Crimea including Sevastopol. The total count during the pandemic was 1,089 with 37 deaths.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: Аксенов: в Крыму подтвердили первый случай заболевания коронавирусом. Крим.Реалії. 2020-03-21. 2020-04-04.
  7. Web site: Ukraine- Occupied Crimea confirms 328 coronavirus cases. MENAFN. 2020-05-20.
  8. Web site: Crimean Human Rights Group. 2020-07-10. За минувшие сутки в оккупированном Крыму и Севастополе зарегистрировано 17 новых случаев заболевания COVID-19. Об этом сообщает "Минздрав" Крыма. Итого в Крыму и Севастополе за весь период пандемии заболели 1089 человек, скончались 37 человек.. 2020-07-11. Twitter. en.

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