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The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has resulted in 11,624,000 [1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 43,206 [1] deaths. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia , and the 13th highest in the world .
Hold cursor over location to display name; click to go to location article. No active cases Confirmed Imported [a] First outbreak of pandemic (no active cases) As of 5 July 2021 [update] , there have been 2951 total (200 active) imported cases in mainland China, with no deaths recorded among them: [5]
The idea for an app to track the spread of COVID-19 came from Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at King's College London.In the early months of 2020 he used his startup company ZOE Global Limited to build a Covid Symptom Tracker app in collaboration with King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals.
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 , began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other areas of Asia, and then worldwide in early 2020.
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the state of Telangana. The first case was recorded in this region on 2 March from a man who had travel history with the UAE. [1]
On 16 June, Turkmenistan reportedly locked down two major hospitals in Turkmenabat after a nurse tested positive for COVID-19. [37] [verification needed] On 27 June, Human Rights Watch said that Turkmenistan authorities were putting public health in danger by denying an apparent COVID-19 outbreak. [38]
Shi Zhengli denied that there was a connection between the WIV and the emergence of COVID-19. [48] In February 2021, after investigations in Wuhan, the WHO team said a laboratory leak origin for COVID-19 was "extremely unlikely", [49] [50] confirming what experts expected about the likely origins and early transmission. [51]
Data from Russia illustrates how the true death rates from COVID-19 can be far higher than visible from confirmed COVID-19 deaths: in December 2020, based on overall excess mortality during the year, total COVID-19 deaths in Russia were estimated to be over 186,000, [7] while confirmed COVID-19 deaths were at 56,271. [8]