COVID-19 pandemic in Svalbard

COVID-19 pandemic in Svalbard
COVID-19 pandemic in Svalbard
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Svalbard
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Longyearbyen
Confirmed cases	297
Recovered	0
Deaths	0
Government website
	https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/koronavirus-covid-19/id2692388/; https://www.lokalstyre.no/korona.525097.no.html

The COVID-19 pandemic in Svalbard is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Svalbard on 6 October 2021.^[1]

As a territory of Norway, Svalbard follows mainland Norway's COVID-19 restrictions.^[2] In March 2021, Svalbard's governor mandated face masks everywhere, including outdoors.^[3] Violations of the mandate can lead to fines and six months imprisonment.^[3]

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^ Morris, James (22 December 2020). "'We live in a bubble': What life has been like on the European island with zero COVID cases". Yahoo! News UK. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Jesionka, Natalie (13 March 2021). "No COVID-19 cases, ever — and that's just one thing residents of the world's northernmost town like about it". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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[:0-2] Morris, James (22 December 2020). "'We live in a bubble': What life has been like on the European island with zero COVID cases". Yahoo! News UK. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[:1-3] Jesionka, Natalie (13 March 2021). "No COVID-19 cases, ever — and that's just one thing residents of the world's northernmost town like about it". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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