First Patient Dies Of COVID-19 In Kyrgyzstan - Coronavirus Response Center
Faizan Hashmi Published April 03, 2020 | 09:40 AM
BISHKEK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd April, 2020) A 61-year-old man has died of the coronavirus in Kyrgyzstan, becoming the first victim of COVID-19 in the Central Asian country, a spokesman for the national coronavirus response center told Sputnik on Friday.
"A 61-year-old patient has died at the Nookat territorial hospital in the Osh Region," the spokesman said.
The spokesman added that the victim had recently arrived in Kyrgyzstan from a foreign country and had "serious coexisting diseases."
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 53,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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