On 27 February, an operational headquarters under the Cabinet of Ministers was created to prevent danger that the coronavirus pandemic could cause, to implement prophylactic and urgent measures. This headquarters included heads of related state organisations, leading by Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Ali Asadov and Minister of Healthcare Ogtay Shiraliyev..[2] On 28 February, the country confirmed its first positive case of COVID-19. The patient, a Russian national, had traveled from Iran.[3] Two more cases were later confirmed in the country and they were all isolated.