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Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the Luhansk People's Republic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), a disputed Russian republic in eastern Ukraine,[a] in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.
| COVID-19 pandemic in the Luhansk People's Republic | |
|---|---|
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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Luhansk People's Republic |
| Arrival date | 30 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months and 2 weeks) |
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]
 | This section needs to be updated. (May 2021) |
In April, Ukrainian officials estimated more than 400 cases in the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and cast doubt on announcements by the LPR and DPR.[6]
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