The COVID-19 pandemic began in Asia in Wuhan,Hubei,China,and has spread widely through the continent. As of 20 February 2023,at least one case of COVID-19 had been reported in every country in Asia except Turkmenistan.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Bahrain on 21 February 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. As of 19 February 2023,according to Indian government figures,India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world with 44,686,143 reported cases of COVID-19 infection and the third-highest number of COVID-19 deaths at 530,760 deaths. In May 2022,the World Health Organization estimated 4.7 million excess deaths,both directly and indirectly related to COVID-19 to have taken place in India.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus. The first case of the virus in Sri Lanka was confirmed on 27 January 2020,after a 44-year-old Chinese woman from Hubei,China,was admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Angoda,Sri Lanka. As of 1 September 2021,a total of 462,767 COVID-19 cases had been recorded in the country,386,509 patients had recovered from the disease,and 10,140 patients had died.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020,with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020,when two infected people came to Ghana,one from Norway and the other from Turkey.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Somalia on 16 March 2020 when the first case was confirmed in Mogadishu. The Somali Prime Minister,Hassan Ali Khaire announced that the government has set aside five million dollars to deal with the disease. The Somali Medical Association is concerned that the death toll in the country will be huge and that Somalia will not be able to recover from the economic effects due to poor working relations between central government and federal states which leads to lack of control by central government,as well and the lack of healthcare infrastructure. It has also been speculated that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed may use the pandemic as an excuse to postpone elections. There have also been concerns over freedom of the press following arrests and intimidation of journalists who have been covering the pandemic in Somalia.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Syria is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was confirmed to have reached Syria on 22 March 2020,when the first case was confirmed of a person who came from abroad.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The Minister of Health and Social Services,Dr. Kalumbi Shangula,announced on 14 March 2020 that the virus had reached Namibia. A Romanian couple constituted the two first cases and recovered 79 days after their initial diagnosis.
The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed in the Indian state of West Bengal on 17 March 2020 in Kolkata. The Health and Family Welfare department of Government of West Bengal has confirmed a total of 13,43,442 COVID-19 positive cases,including 1,09,806 active cases,15,120 deaths and 12,18,516 recoveries,as of 28 May 2021.
Countries and territories in South Asia have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The first South Asian country to report a confirmed case was Nepal,which documented its first case on 23 January 2020,in a man who had returned from Wuhan on 9 January. As of 2 July,at least one case of COVID-19 has been reported in every country in South Asia. Afghanistan,Bangladesh,Pakistan and Maldives have implemented lockdowns,Sri Lanka has responded with quarantine curfews while India and Nepal have declared a country-wide lockdown. Countries have also instituted various levels of restrictions on international travel,some countries have completely sealed off their land borders and grounded most international flights.
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu was reported on 7 March 2020.
A Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation that took place in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque in early March 2020 was a COVID-19 super-spreader event,with more than 4,000 confirmed cases and at least 27 deaths linked to the event reported across the country. Over 9,000 missionaries may have attended the congregation,with the majority being from various states of India,and 960 attendees from 40 foreign countries. On 18 April,4,291 confirmed cases of COVID-19 linked to this event by the Union Health Ministry represented a third of all the confirmed cases of India. Around 40,000 people,including Tablighi Jamaat attendees and their contacts,were quarantined across the country.
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020,which originated in Wuhan,China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom from January 2020 to June 2020.
The first COVID-19 case in the Indian state of Bihar was reported in Munger on 22 March 2020,a 38-year-old tested positive for COVID-19,he was also the first victim. He had travel history to Qatar. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed a total of 62,031 cases as of 4 August 2020,including 20,922 active cases,349 deaths and 40,760 recoveries. The virus has spread in 38 districts of the state,of which Patna district has the highest number of cases.
The first responses of the government of India to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country involved thermal screenings of passengers arriving from China,the country from which the coronavirus disease 2019 originated,as well as of passengers arriving from other countries. As the pandemic spread worldwide,the Indian government recommended social distancing measures and also initiated travel and entry restrictions. Throughout March 2020,several shutdowns and business closures were initiated,and by the end of the month,the Indian government ordered a widespread lockdown. An economic package was announced in May 2020.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana from August 2020 to December 2020.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana from March 2020 to July 2020.
