COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan

COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationUzbekistan
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China (globally)
France/United Kingdom/Turkey (locally)
Paris, France (origin of first Uzbekistan case)
Index caseTashkent
Arrival date15 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Confirmed cases250,273[1]
Recovered195,840[1]
Deaths
1637[1]
Government website
coronavirus.uz/uz

The COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-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.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "COVID-19 koronavirus infeksiyasi" (in Uzbek). Ministry of Health (Uzbekistan). Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Uzbekistan confirms first coronavirus case - govt". Reuters. 15 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.