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COVID-19 pandemic in the Åland Islands
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationÅland Islands, Finland
Arrival date22 March 2020
(4 years, 5 months and 1 day)
Confirmed cases19[1]
Recovered0
Deaths
0

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Åland Islands, an autonomous region of Finland, in March 2020.

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.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4]

Timeline

On 22 March, the first case in the Åland Islands was confirmed.[7]

On 13 April, the Islands reached a total of 10 cases.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistik covid-19". Ålandstidningen | Nyheter på Åland (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ^ Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Åland Islands confirms first coronavirus cases, recommends quarantine for visitors from Finland". Yle. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.