COVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | British Indian Ocean Territory |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Arrival date | November 2020 |
Confirmed cases | 5[1][2] |
Suspected cases‡ | 0 |
Recovered | 2 |
Deaths | 0 |
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory is part of the ongoing 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 reached Diego Garcia of the British Indian Ocean Territory in November 2020.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[5][6] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[7][5] From 19 March 2020, Public Health England no longer classified COVID-19 as a "High consequence infectious disease".[6]
In November 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed at Diego Garcia.[1]
In December 2020, the second case, a close contact of the first case, was confirmed.[1]
In May 2021, three more cases were confirmed from a flight. The personnel arrived at the island in April.[2]
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