COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Kyrgyzstan in March 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Kyrgyzstan |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Arrival date | 18 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 1403[1] |
Recovered | 980[1] |
Deaths | 14[1] |
Government website | |
covid med.kg |
On 18 March 2020, the first three cases in the country were confirmed, after a citizen returned from Saudi Arabia.[2] The health ministry also confirmed that all three suspected COVID-19 carriers are currently in quarantine.[3] On the same day, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan ruled that medical face masks to be imported into the country.[4]
The government declared a one-month state of emergency starting 22 March.[5] On the same day, all public transportation stopped operating in Bishkek, with exception of trolleybuses.[6]
On 24 March, the government issued a decree declaring the state of emergency from 25 March till 15 April in three major cities of Bishkek, Osh and Jalal-Abad, while local emergencies were declared in three provincial districts.[7][8]