COVID-19 pandemic in Sevastopol
| COVID-19 pandemic in Sevastopol | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Sevastopol |
| Arrival date | 27 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 4,623 |
| Recovered | 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
[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]As of 30 March 2020, there were five confirmed cases in Sevastopol.[6]
See also
[edit]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. 13 March 2020. 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.
- ^ "У Криму підтверджено новий випадок зараження коронавірусом – Аксенов". Крим.Реалії (in Ukrainian). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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