2020 coronavirus pandemic in Syria

2020 coronavirus pandemic in Syria
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Damascus Governorate ; Rif Dimashq Governorate ; Daraa Governorate
Arrival date	22 March 2020; (1 month, 1 week and 5 days)
Confirmed cases	44 [1]
Recovered	27 [1]
Deaths	3 [1]

Last updated May 04, 2020

An ongoing epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was officially spread to Syria on 14 March 2020^[2] when the first confirmed case in Damascus on 22 March.^[3] It was reported based on indirect evidence from Pakistan where 8 individuals with a travel history including Syria were confirmed to have the virus.^[4]

Background

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.^[9]^[10]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,^[11]^[12] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.^[13]^[11]

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in Syria ( v t e ) Deaths Recoveries Active cases
Date	# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-22	1(n.a.)
⋮	1(=)
2020-03-25	5(+400%)
⋮	5(=)
2020-03-29	10(+100%)	1(n.a.)
2020-03-30	10(=)	2(+100%)
⋮	10(=)	2(=)
2020-04-02	16(+60%)	2(=)
2020-04-03	16(=)	2(=)
2020-04-04	16(=)	2(=)
2020-04-05	19(+19%)	2(=)
2020-04-06	19(=)	2(=)
2020-04-07	19(=)	2(=)
2020-04-08	19(=)	2(=)
⋮	19(=)	2(=)
2020-04-11	25(+32%)	2(=)
⋮	25(=)	2(=)
2020-04-14	29(+16%)	2(=)
2020-04-15	33(+16%)	2(=)
2020-04-16	33(=)	2(=)
2020-04-17	38(+15%)	2(=)
2020-04-18	38(=)	2(=)
2020-04-19	39(+2.6%)	3(+50%)
2020-04-20	39(=)	3(=)
2020-04-21	42(+7.7%)	3(=)
2020-04-25	42(=)	3(=)
2020-04-26	43(+2.4%)	3(=)
2020-04-27	43(=)	3(=)
2020-04-28	43(=)	3(=)
2020-05-01	44(+4.3%)	3(=)
Data sourced from Syrian Arab News Agency articles.

March 2020

2 March: The government of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, ordered the complete closure of the Semalka Border Crossing at the Iraq-Syria border into the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria until further notice as "a precautionary measure to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus to the areas of autonomous administration of North and East Syria, excluding emergency cases".^[14]

10 March: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that there have been outbreaks of COVID-19 in Tartus, Damascus, Homs and Latakia provinces. According to the UK-based monitor's sources, a strict gag order has been issued to forbid medical personnel from discussing the issue.^[15]

11 March: A health official from the Jazira Region in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria said that there are no documented cases of Covid-19 in the province. Kurdistan TV reported from Qamishli, the largest Kurdish city in Syria, stating that 1% of the population in the city are wearing protective masks, as pharmacies and medical equipment sales centers were running low on the supply of masks. Furthermore, by 11 March, four suspected cases of Covid-19 had been reported to the Syrian Health Authority, which contacted the World Health Organization. The tests came back as negative.^[16]

14 March: The Pakistani Chief Minister of Sindh province alleged that nationals returning from the Middle East had imported the disease.^[4] Out of 14 confirmed cases in Sindh province, eight had a travel history that included Syria.^[4] The day earlier, World Health Organization said that all Pakistani cases were imported, but without mentioning the exact origin of those.^[4] The Syrian government denied any cases of COVID-19 in the country.^[2] Nevertheless, authorities delayed upcoming parliamentary elections, shut down schools, and canceled most public events to prevent any spread of the coronavirus.^[2] The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria canceled all gatherings, limited entry to the region to residents only on Tuesdays of each week and closed all schools, universities and educational institutes until further notice.^[5]

19 March: The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria imposed a curfew starting from March 23 at 06:00 am and prohibited movement among the subregions of northeastern Syria, as well as among the major cities within each region starting from March 21 at 06:00. Restaurants, cafes, commercial centers, bazaars, public parks, private medical clinics, wedding halls and mourning tents are to be closed while hospitals, public and private health centers, international organizations, the Red Cross and Crescent, pharmacies, sterilization committees, cleaners, bakeries, food stores, food and baby milk trucks and fuel tanks were excluded from the ban.^[6]

20 March The Damascus Governorate and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent begins disinfection of the Yusuf al-Azma Square and other areas of Damascus.^[17]

22 March: The Health Minister of Syria reported the first case in Syria.^[3]

24 March: The Ministry of Interior declared a curfew from 6 PM to 6 AM, effective starting next day (Wednesday, 25 March)^[18]

25 March: The Ministry of Health reported three new cases. The three new cases were among those quarantined in the Dwair center after being abroad. Later that day, around 19:00 local time, one new case was reported.^[19]

27 March: The government declared that commuting of citizens between province centers and all other urban and rural areas is disallowed at all times excluding those with clearance, starting Sunday March 29 at 2 p.m. local time.^[20]

A 53-year-old man was admitted to hospital in the government-held part of Qamishli in northeast Syria.^[21] He was tested for coronavirus and the test was sent to Damascus for analysis.^[22] See April 2.

29 March: The Ministry of Health said that a woman has died just after she arrived in hospital, they did a test and the results came positive.^[23] Later that day, four new cases were registered.^[23]

30 March: The Ministry of Health said that a new person has died.^[24]

April 2020

2 April: The Ministry of Health declares 6 new cases.^[25]

The man in Qamishli dies of coronavirus the same day his test results come back positive. The man had no travel history outside the country.^[22]

4 April: The Ministry of Health announced that two coronavirus cases out of the remaining active 12 registered in Syria have recovered.^[26]

5 April: The Ministry of Health announced three new cases.^[27]

7 April: The Ministry of Health announced the recovery of a third case.^[28]

8 April: The Ministry of Health announced the recovery of a fourth case.^[29]

11 April: The Ministry of Health announced 6 new cases and the recovery of a fifth case.^[30]

14 April: The Ministry of Health announced 4 new cases.^[31]

15 April: The Ministry of Health announced another 4 new cases.^[32]

17 April: The Ministry of Health announced 5 new cases.^[33] Rojava announced its first case.^[34]

19 April: The Ministry of Health announced one more death and one more case.^[35]

21 April: The Ministry of Health announced one recovery^[36] and three new cases.^[37]

25 April: The Ministry of Health announced 5 new recoveries.^[38]

26 April: The Ministry of Health announced 3 recoveries and one new case.^[39]

27 April: The Ministry of Health announced 5 new recoveries.^[40]

28 April: The Ministry of Health announced 2 new recoveries.^[41]

May 2020

1 May: The Ministry of Health announced 6 new recoveries and one new case.^[42]

Cases

COVID-19 Cases Reported in Syrian Governorates
Governorate	Reported Cases	Recoveries	Deaths
Total	44	27	3
Rif Dimashq	31	16	1
Damascus	12	10	2
Daraa	1	1	0
Aleppo	0	0	0
al-Raqqa	0	0	0
As-Suwayda	0	0	0
Deir ez-Zor	0	0	0
Hama	0	0	0
Hasaka	0	0	0
Homs	0	0	0
Idlib	0	0	0
Latakia	0	0	0
Quneitra	0	0	0
Tartus	0	0	0

Information by the Ministry of Health as of 3 May.^[1]

Cases by source of the virus

COVID-19 cases in Syria by the source of infection
Source of infection	Cases
Had contact with a confirmed case.	19
Unknown.	16
Came from outside the country.	6
Had contact with a foreign visitor.	1
Random test.	1
Workplace.	1

Information by the Ministry of Health as of 3 May^[1]

Confirmed cases not included in the official count.^{[Section incomplete]}

Cases in the Kurdish-led Rojava territory in northeastern Syria, like the one death reported in Hasaka,^[34] are not included in the Syrian government's official count.^[1]
In April 28, an image of a document claimed to be from Hasaka's official Directorate of Agriculture circulated in the internet. In the document, the director of agriculture is supposedly informing Hasaka's governor that the results of a COVID-19 test for an employee in the directorate came positive. And that the employee's job was accounting and handing employees their monthly salaries, and that he had contact with many people and co-workers at a time when he was believed to have the virus.

The alleged document that Hasaka's director of agriculture is supposedly informing the governor that the results of a COVID-19 test for an employee there came positive. April28HasakaCovid19.jpg — The alleged document that Hasaka's director of agriculture is supposedly informing the governor that the results of a COVID-19 test for an employee there came positive.

But The employee's case was not added to the Syrian government's official COVID-19 cases count.^[1]

Suspected and quarantined cases

Quarantined Cases in Syrian Governorates
Governorate	People Still in Quarantine	Discharged from Quarantine	Total
Rif Dimashq	711	448	1,159
Hama	10	717	727
As-Suwayda	0	536	536
Damascus	18	226	244
Homs	37	153	190
Aleppo	0	67	67
Tartus	26	38	64
Daraa	0	61	61
Latakia	6	55	61
Quneitra	0	42	42
Deir ez-Zor	11	5	16
Hasaka	0	0	0
al-Raqqa	-	-	-
Idlib	-	-	-
Total	819	2,348	3,167

Information by The Ministry of Health As of 3 May.^[1]

External links

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