2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Cayman Islands

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2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Cayman Islands
Disease COVID-19
Virus strain SARS-CoV-2
Location Cayman Islands
Arrival date12 March 2020
(1 month, 1 week and 5 days)
Confirmed cases45
Recovered6
Deaths
1
Official website
https://www.exploregov.ky/coronavirus

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Cayman 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 Cayman 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 26 February Mexican authorities granted permission for a cruise ship registered in Malta to dock in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, because the ship was carrying a passenger presumed to be infected with the coronavirus. The ship was previously denied access to ports in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. [6] Two cases of flu were found. [7]

On 12 March, a 68-year-old Italian man in critical condition, who was transferred from the cruise ship Costa Luminosa to a hospital in the Cayman Islands on 2020.02.29 due to heart issues, was announced as the first confirmed coronavirus case. [8] [9] [10] [11] His death was announced two days later. [10]

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  8. https://www.hsa.ky/public_health/first-case-of-covid-19-in-cayman-islands-confirmed/
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  10. 1 2 Moore, Brooke. "Government Statement on Passing of COVID-19 Patient" . Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  11. "First case of COVID-19 confirmed in the Cayman Islands". looptt.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.