COVID-19 pandemic in Transnistria

COVID-19 pandemic in Transnistria
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationTransnistria
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseBender and Rîbnița[1]
Arrival date21 March 2020
(4 years, 7 months and 3 weeks)
Confirmed cases51,193 (49,159 reported by the PMR,[2] 2,037 reported by Moldova[3])
Recovered48,612 (47,479 reported by the PMR, 1,133 reported by Moldova)
Deaths
1,227 (35 reported by the PMR, 1,192 reported by Moldova)
Government website
Coronavirus: official data
External videos
video icon Governmental campaign "Stay home". 24 March 2020
video icon Police cars on a street of Tiraspol with speakers urging people to remain in home. 25 March 2020
video icon Erection of a border between Varnița (under Moldova administration) and Bender (within Transnistrian control), aiming tension between both sides. 17 March 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Transnistria (internationally recognised as a part of Moldova) in March 2020.

  1. ^ "В Приднестровье зарегистрированы первые случаи заболевания коронавирусом". Novosti Pridnestrovya (in Russian). 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Коронавирус: официальная информация по Приднестровью".
  3. ^ "COVID-19 în Republica Moldova: situaţia la zi" [COVID-19 in the Republic of Moldova: current situation]. gismoldova.maps.arcgis.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 28 May 2021.