COVID-19 pandemic in Tibet
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This article documents the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tibet Autonomous Region.


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 that for SARS of 2003, but the
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has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.


Timeline

Although there were no suspected and confirmed cases in Tibet at the time, an Autonomous Region leadership group was established on January 27, 2020, with the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the chairman of the Autonomous Region as the group leaders, to respond to the novel coronavirus pneumonia. At the same time, Tibet declared a Level II major public health emergency response. Starting on the same day, all tourist sites in Tibet were temporarily closed, and all persons entering Tibet were required to be quarantined for 14 days in designated places. On 29 January, Tibet escalated its major public health emergency response level to Level I. On 29 January, Tibet reported its first suspected cases, a person from
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, Hubei, who took a train from Wuchang railway station to Lhasa on 22–24 January. On 30 January, the case was confirmed. On 12 February, the patient was discharged after recovery from the Third People's Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region. Thus, the number of active confirmed and suspected cases in Tibet decreased to zero. Tibet had not found any further cases of COVID-19 for over two and a half years until August 7, 2022, when four travelers from
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were diagnosed with COVID-19, although they were all asymptomatic. The travelers were between 47 and 61 years old. It was later reported that the total number of cases for August 7 was 22 (including one case with symptoms), many of whom entered Tibet's capital Lhasa from Shigatse. The discovery of these cases ended China's longest COVID-free streak among regions and provinces after 920 days. In response to the new COVID-19 cases and in line with mainland China's
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policy, the city of Shigatse imposed a three-day lockdown from August 8, during which only essential businesses are allowed to operate and all travel (inbound or outbound) is prohibited. Several buildings were also locked down in Lhasa.


See also

* COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan * COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China *
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References


External links


Tibet Region Health and Health Committee
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