2020 coronavirus pandemic in the British Virgin Islands

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2020 coronavirus pandemic in British Virgin Islands
Disease COVID-19
Virus strain SARS-CoV-2
Location British Virgin Islands
First outbreak Wuhan, China
Arrival date25 March 2020
(1 month and 5 days)
Confirmed cases6
Recovered3
Deaths
1

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in British Virgin Islands is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the British Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands in March 2020.

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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. [1] [2]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, [3] [4] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. [5] [3] From 19 March, Public Health England no longer classified COVID-19 as a "High consequence infectious disease". [4]

Timeline

On March 25, the British Virgin Islands confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19. One of the patients was a 56-year-old male resident who travelled from Europe on March 15. Patient B was a 32-year-old male resident who travelled recently from New York City and came into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 8. [6]

On April 18, the territory suffered its first death from COVID-19. [7]

On April 27, the Minister of Health Carvin Malone announced that the island will buy medical supplies from non-US sources after the US Customs seized $12,000 worth of Covid-19 medical supplies. The shipment was finally released on April 16. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN   1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "BVI confirms first two cases of coronavirus". BVI News . 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "BVI Reports First Coronavirus Death; Extended Curfew Announced". VI Consortium. 18 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Gov't will seek COVID-19 medical supplies from non-US sources in the future". BVI News. Retrieved 28 April 2020.


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