COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan: Navigating a way out
Kenesh O. Dzushupov, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno, Dmitry Vishnyakov, Xü Lin, Attaullah Ahmadi
Abstract
T he COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest global health crisis of our time Since the pandemic started in China, in December 2019, the disease has been creeping into almost every country across the globe The pandemic has led to a global cumulative incident of 47 901 761 confirmed cases, and 1 221 479 deaths by The first case of COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous land-lock country in Central Asia, was detected on March 18, 2020 [5]. Thereafter the country was plagued with the pandemic and went through a lockdown, declaration of state of emergency, steady case increase and devastating peak of the wave with total 60 279 confirmed cases, 1159 deaths and 51 288 recoveries across the country by This paper aims to provide a commentary on the history and current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan and the country's efforts to address the threat.