COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova

COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
Map of cases of COVID-19 in Moldova (31 October 2020)
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Republic of Moldova
First outbreak	Wuhan, China
Index case	Chișinău
Arrival date	7 March 2020 (5 years, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Confirmed cases	119,204[1][2]
Suspected cases^‡	221[2]
Recovered	102,565[1][2]
Deaths	2,460[1][2]
Fatality rate	2.06%
Government website
National Agency for Public Health
^‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Arrival

The virus was confirmed to have reached the Republic of Moldova on 7 March 2020, when a Moldovan woman that returned from Italy was tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Reaction

As the number of infected people started to rise during the next days, on 17 March 2020 the Parliament declared the state of emergency for the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova for a period of 60 days.

On 18 March 2020 the first death caused by COVID-19 was registered.

On 15 May 2020, in the last day of the state of emergency declared by the Parliament on 17 March 2020, the Extraordinary National Commission of Public Health declared the state of emergency in public health for the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova for the period of 16 May to 30 June 2020.

As of 8 December 2020^[update], a total of 119,204 confirmed cases, 102,565 recoveries, and 2,460 deaths have been reported in the country.

References

1. "Press releases of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova". msmps.gov.md. Archived from the original on 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
2. "COVID-19 în Republica Moldova: situaţia la zi". gismoldova.maps.arcgis.com.