COVID-19 Pandemic in North Cyprus

Abstract

When COVID -19, the novel coronavirus leading to severe acute respiratory syndrome, first identified in Wuhan China during December 2019, Northern Cyprus community would never imagine the virus could make its way to the less populated and mostly isolated part of the island During the first week of March 2020, the uneasiness was in the minds of people and suspected coronavirus cases started to surface However, until 10th of March 2020, the suspected cases were found COVID-19 negative On 10th of March 2020, the first positive case of COVID -19 was reported who was a German woman tourist, arrived with a charter flight two days before By 12th of April, North Cyprus had a total of 99 positive COVID -19 cases, 3 deaths and 57 recovered [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Clinical & Experimental Investigations is the property of Modestum Publications and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )