COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region
COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Kurdistan Region |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Arrival date | 1 March 2020 (1 year, 2 months and 3 days) |
Confirmed cases | 100,719 |
Recovered | 65,283 |
Deaths | 3,303 |
Government website | |
GOV.KRD |
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The COVID-19 disease was first confirmed to have reached the Kurdistan Region, an autonomous region of Iraq, on 1 March 2020.
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Background[edit]
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[edit]
March 2020[edit]
On 1 March, the first case in the Kurdistan Region was confirmed.[6]
April 2020[edit]
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June 2020[edit]
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August 2020[edit]
On 5 August, the Kurdistan Region reached a total of 15,577 COVID-19 cases.[7]
September 2020[edit]
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October 2020[edit]
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November 2020[edit]
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December 2020[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Kurdistan Regional Government". 19 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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