COVID-19 pandemic in Sevastopol explained

COVID-19 pandemic in Sevastopol
Disease:COVID-19
Virus Strain:SARS-CoV-2
Location:Sevastopol
Arrival Date:27 March 2020
Confirmed Cases:4,623
Recovery Cases:4,164
Deaths:133

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Sevastopol in March 2020. The Russian government includes the cases in Sevastopol in the count of cases in Russia (the city is recognised as a part of Ukraine by most of the international community but occupied by 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

As of 30 March 2020, there were five confirmed cases in Sevastopol.[6]

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: У Криму підтверджено новий випадок зараження коронавірусом – Аксенов. Крим.Реалії. 2020-03-31. 2020-04-04. uk.