COVID-19 pandemic in the Tseng Republic

reached the Tseng Republic on February 2, 2020. As of April 10, 2021, there are 1,041 cases of the virus with 98 deaths. 892 people have recovered from the virus.

January 2020
The Public Health Centre of Tseng (PHCT) was first notified of the virus in January. Flights to Wuhan were stopped on January 20.

February 2020
The PHCT announced the first case on February 2, 2020, a 40-year old businessman in Tseng City from Tianjin, China who was in contact with another infected person. Contact tracing was almost nonexistent in Tseng at the time, and the man didn't develop symptoms until February 7. The man traveled across Tseng City, infecting people. Because of this, the government suspended travel to and from China. It was later extended to include international travel.

A lockdown was implemented on February 22. Only essentials like grocery stores were allowed to open. The rest, like schools and restaurants, were closed.

The first death was a 79-year old woman with diabetes which resulted from the outbreak on February 20.

Tseng hit 100 cases on February 25, 2020.

March 2020
A Tsengian man who was stuck in Algeria died of coronavirus on March 5. This prompted the government to allow entry into Tseng (but no exit) through specific airports in the world. Some were Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan, Tokyo-Narita International Airport in Japan, and London Heathrow Airport in the UK.

On March 17, 2020, a NAF player of the Tseng City Tigers tested positive for the virus, which prompted the end of sporting events. The player was bullied and harassed by people who were angry there were no sports.

April 2020
Tseng hit 200 cases on April 2, 2020. An officer in the Tseng Navy got the virus on April 10 which led to an outbreak on their ship, the Laohu, or Tiger, stationed near Palau.

On April 29, 2020, NPP politician Andrew Tao said that "lockdowns were unconstitutional". This was met by severe backlash by members of the PDP.

May 2020
A restaurant called Meilan BBQ in Huanzhou opened on May 5, during the lockdown (which was in place since February). Photos and videos surfaced of a packed restaurant with almost no masks and no socially distancing. Immediately the PHCT ordered the restaurant to close. The restaurant manager, Guo Mei-lan, refused to close, saying that "Our takeout and delivery options are not popular...we are almost at our end, we have no money". Eventually, since there were no cases in days, the president, John Cheng, allowed restaurants to open, albeit with 20% capacity.

June 2020
Tseng marked its 300th case milestone on June 11.

July 2020
The National Day celebrations, held on July 17, the day of Tseng's independence, was different. It was televised and everyone in the parades that followed were masked.

John Cheng of the PDP was re-elected on July 24 because of Tseng's successfulness in combating the pandemic.

Tseng reached 400 cases on July 31.

August-December 2020
There were no cases in Tseng after August 26 until November 4, 2020. An outbreak followed. The original person was a asymptomatic doctor named Martin Shih who worked in the Wuqiao Hospital in Tseng City. He had spread the virus in the hospital. In total 56 people were infected and 18 died, most of them elderlies. Tseng reached 500 cases on November 13, 2020.

Schools reopened in September 2020. On October 10, 2020, the PHCT reported that 50 people died of the virus since the pandemic first began.

January 2021-present
Tseng ordered 9.5 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer and Moderna in February 2021. The first shipment of 120,000 doses of Pfizer arrived on March 20.

A woman who worked in cargo in the Pushan port tested positive for the British varient on March 15. Due to loose restrictions, an outbreak followed. Within days the case count rose to 800. The situation was made worse with a couple getting infected by the Brazilian variant, spurring another outbreak. Tseng reached 1,000 cases on April 2. A second lockdown was implemented.