COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Bolivia |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Oruro and Santa Cruz |
Arrival date | 10 March 2020 (4 years, 9 months and 15 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,212,156[1] |
Deaths | 22,387[1] |
Fatality rate | 1.85% |
Vaccinations |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bolivia on 10 March 2020, when its first two cases were confirmed in the departments of Oruro and Santa Cruz.[2][3]
On 12 March, Bolivia suspended all public school sessions until 31 March, as well as all commercial flights to and from Europe indefinitely. They also prohibited large-scale public gatherings of more than 1,000 people.[4]