COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan


The COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Uzbekistan when its first case was confirmed on 15 March 2020, an Uzbek citizen returning from France. Uzbekistan's Health Ministry has a list of people who were in contact with the victim, with plans to quarantine them.
As of 20 July 2020, there have been 17,149 confirmed cases, 9,387 recoveries and 90 deaths.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization 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 has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.

Timeline

February 2020

On 28 February 2020, Uzbekistan Airways suspended flights to Jeddah and Medina. On 13 March 2020, Uzbekistan suspended flights to France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Two days later, the country confirmed its first case of coronavirus, who was an Uzbek citizen returning from France. Uzbekistan's Health Ministry published a list of people who were in contact with the victim, with plans to quarantine them. After the case was announced, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced a state of emergency in Kazakhstan, and promptly closed the border with Uzbekistan. Two days before the first case of coronavirus, Uzbekistan suspended flights to France, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

March 2020

On 20 March 2020, the government announced that entertainment venues and tea houses would be closed and large weddings and other family gatherings would be prohibited.
On 22 March 2020, Uzbekistan ordered companies in Tashkent to do remote working, as well as making protective masks mandatory.
On 23 March 2020, the Uzbekistan government announced that a lockdown of Tashkent would start on the next day as an effort to contain the coronavirus.
On 27 March 2020, the first death was reported in the country; that of a 72-year-old woman who had underlying health conditions and suffered a heart attack. She was appeared to have been infected by her daughter who had recently returned from Turkey.
On 28 March 2020, the second death was also confirmed. A doctor in Uzbekistan died on Saturday after unsuccessfully trying to treat a coronavirus infection that he kept secret, the Central Asian nation's healthcare ministry said. The 39-year-old man had been in contact with Uzbek "patient zero", who appeared to have infected him.
He was hospitalized on March 26 in grave condition and died two days later, becoming the second coronavirus patient to die in Uzbekistan.

April 2020

On April 1, 2020, the numbers rose to 173.
On April 2, 2020, restrictions were set in place to freight.
On April 3, 2020, the number of confirmed cases rose to 223, with 25 recovered.

May 2020

By May 8, 2020, restrictions were loosened.

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