COVID-19 pandemic in Sevastopol

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 de facto administered by Russia, but recognised as a part of Ukraine by most of the international community).

COVID-19 pandemic in Sevastopol
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationSevastopol
Arrival date27 March 2020
(10 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Confirmed cases4,623
Recovered4,164
Deaths
133

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

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. "У Криму підтверджено новий випадок зараження коронавірусом – Аксенов". Крим.Реалії (in Ukrainian). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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