Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the Kurdistan Region, Iraqi Kurdistan
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.
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.
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.
Timeline.
March 2020.
On 1 March, the first case in the Kurdistan Region was confirmed.
August 2020.
On 5 August, the Kurdistan Region reached a total of 15,577 COVID-19 cases.
References.
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