| COVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory | |
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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| First outbreak | Wuhan,Hubei,China |
| Arrival date | November 2020 |
| Confirmed cases | 5[1][2] |
| Suspected cases‡ | 0 |
| Recovered | 2 |
Deaths | 0 |
| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
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TheCOVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory is part of the ongoingworldwide pandemic ofcoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused bysevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reachedDiego Garcia of theBritish Indian Ocean Territory in November 2020.[1][2]
On 12 January 2020, theWorld Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that anovel 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.[3][4]
Thecase fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower thanSARS of 2003,[5][6] but thetransmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[7][5] From 19 March 2020,Public Health England no longer classified COVID-19 as a "High consequence infectious disease".[6]
In November 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed at Diego Garcia.[1]
In December 2020, the second case, a close contact of the first case, was confirmed.[1]
In May 2021, three more cases were confirmed from a flight. The personnel arrived at the island in April.[2]
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