COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Azerbaijan when its first case was confirmed in February 2020.
Timeline
On 28 February, the country confirmed its first positive case of COVID-19. The patient, a Russian national, had traveled from Iran. Two more cases were later confirmed in the country and they were all isolated. They were Azerbaijani nationals who returned from Iran. On the same day Azerbaijan closed borders with Iran for 2 weeks.

On 12 March, the woman died from multiple organ failure caused by COVID-19. This marked the first death of coronavirus in Azerbaijan.

On 31 March, Azerbaijan declared nationwide quarantine. People were required to stay in private houses and apartments, permanent or temporary places of residence until 20 April.

A month later on 24 April, the country slowly began to reopen.

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