COVID-19 pandemic in South Ossetia

COVID-19 pandemic in South Ossetia
COVID-19 pandemic in South Ossetia
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	South Ossetia (Georgia)
Index case	Tskhinvali
Arrival date	6 May 2020; (4 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
Confirmed cases	3,296 (as of 23 April 2021)
Active cases	333
Recovered	2,903
Deaths	60 +

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached South Ossetia^{[nb 1]} in May 2020.

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.^[2]^[3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,^[4]^[5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.^[6]^[4]

^ "No new coronavirus cases have been detected in South Ossetia for the second day in a row". State Information Agency. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ 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.

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[1] "No new coronavirus cases have been detected in South Ossetia for the second day in a row". State Information Agency. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[Elsevier-3] Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[Reynolds4March2020-4] 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.

[Imperial13March2020-5] "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[Gov.ukHCIDDef-6] "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.

[WFSA-7] "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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