COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region

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.

COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region
  • Kurdistan Region in dark red
  • Disputed territories controlled by the Iraqi federal government in light red
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationKurdistan Region
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Arrival date1 March 2020
(2 years and 8 months)
Confirmed cases230,263
Recovered198,457
Deaths
4,770
Government website
GOV.KRD

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 1 March, the first case in the Kurdistan Region was confirmed.[6]

August 2020

On 5 August, the Kurdistan Region reached a total of 15,577 COVID-19 cases.[7]

See also

References
  1. Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. "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.
  5. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. "First cases of coronavirus confirmed in Kurdistan Region | Rudaw.net". Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. "Kurdistan Regional Government". 19 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.


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