Covid-19 Pandemic In Kyrgyzstan: Viral pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Kyrgyzstan in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan | |
|---|---|
 Confirmed cases by district as of 10 May 2020[update]. | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Kyrgyzstan |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Arrival date | 18 March 2020 (4 years, 1 month and 1 week) |
| Confirmed cases | 1403 |
| Recovered | 980 |
Deaths | 14 |
| 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. The health ministry also confirmed that all three suspected COVID-19 carriers are currently in quarantine. On the same day, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan ruled that medical face masks to be imported into the country.
The government declared a one-month state of emergency starting 22 March. On the same day, all public transportation stopped operating in Bishkek, with exception of trolleybuses.
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.
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