Surveillance Metrics and History of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central Asia: Updated Epidemiological Assessment.
Alexander L LundbergEgon Anderson OzerScott A WuAlan G SoetiknoSarah B WelchYingxuan LiuRobert J HaveyRobert Leo MurphyClaudia A HawkinsMaryann MasonChad J AchenbachLori Ann PostPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2024)
Although COVID-19 continues to circulate in Central Asia, the rate of transmission remained well below the threshold of an outbreak for 7 months ahead of the WHO declaration. COVID-19 appeared to be endemic in the region and no longer reached the threshold of a pandemic. Both standard and enhanced surveillance metrics suggest the pandemic had ended by the time of the WHO declaration.