The COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region is part of the ongoing
worldwide pandemic of
coronavirus disease 2019
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
() caused by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The COVID-19 disease was first confirmed to have reached the
Kurdistan Region, an autonomous region of
Iraq, on 1 March 2020.
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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
Transmission may refer to:
Medicine, science and technology
* Power transmission
** Electric power transmission
** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power
*** Automatic transmission
*** Manual transmission
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has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.
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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.
See also
* COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
* COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
* COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
References
Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan Region
Disease outbreaks in Iraq
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