The

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was confirmed to have reached

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(internationally recognised as a part of

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) in March 2020.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the

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(WHO) confirmed that a

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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

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for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.

Timeline

March 2020

* 13 March: The

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banned all public gatherings. * 17 March: The government announced the shutdown of all kindergartens, schools, colleges and universities until the 5 April. The entrance of foreign citizens (including Moldovan ones) to Transnistrian territory was also banned for a period of 19 days. * 21 March: The first two positive

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cases were announced in

. * 24 March: The government announced the suspension of public transport. * 25 March: According to the

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TV PMR, the Government reported that there were seven people infected with the coronavirus, including two minors. * 30 March: By decree of the

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, during the state of emergency, all citizens must carry an identity document and a special permission to be outside of their homes. * 31 March: A 55-year-old woman from

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who had

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and

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is the first reported fatality of COVID-19 in Transnistria. At the time of her death, she was in an

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connected to a

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April 2020

* 4 April: The Government of Transnistria introduced a ban on the export of food products. * 14 April: Wearing of face masks in public places becomes mandatory. People without masks were warned that they would be restricted from accessing shops, pharmacies, and food markets. * 21 April: President

Vadim Krasnoselsky Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky (russian: Вади́м Никола́евич Красносе́льский; ro, Vadim Nicolaevici Crasnoselschii; born 14 April 1970) is a Transnistrian politician who is the 3rd and current President of Trans ...

cancelled the

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on Suvorov Square.

Vaccines

An agreement was made with Russia in December 2020 to receive 300,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, but these had not been received as of late February. Moldova has stated it will provide 10% of all vaccines it obtains to Transnistria.

Statistics

Total No. of cases: Total number of cases by age (21 January 2021):Republican Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology
/ref> Total number of cases by sex (21 January 2021), in % COVID-19 cases in

by location (until 19 May 2020):

Gallery

References

External links

Coronavirus: official data
Ministry of Health of Transnistria
Updates on coronavirus

Updates on coronavirus
''novostipmr.com'' {{COVID-19 pandemic

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