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COVID-19 — A TIMELINE OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
January – June 2020
[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][info_list font_size_icon=”24″][info_list_item list_title=”Dec. 31, 2019″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Chinese authorities inform WHO’s China office of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with unknown cause[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 1, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Officials close the Huanan seafood market, suspected to be the source of the mystery disease[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 7, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]China identifies new coronavirus as cause of the outbreak[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 9, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]China reports first death linked to 2019-nCoV. A 61-year-old male in Wuhan with several underlying medical conditions[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 12, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]China shares the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus, helping countries in testing and tracing any potentially infected people[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 13, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Thailand reports first imported case of 2019-nCoV[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 20, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]South Korea confirms its first case of 2019-nCoV[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 24, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Japan and U.S. each confirm second 2019-nCoV cases[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 25, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Australia confirms the first case of 2019-nCoV in the continent. France confirms three cases, the first in Europe. Malaysia also reports the first four cases, Canada reports its first case[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 30, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares the 2019-nCoV outbreak a public health emergency of international concern[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Jan. 31, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The U.S. declares the 2019-nCoV outbreak a public health emergency domestically. The U.K., Russia, Sweden, and Spain also confirm their first 2019-nCoV cases[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 3, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]China launches a clinical trial of Gilead’s antiviral drug remdesivir, previously tested in patients with Ebola, against the 2019-nCoV[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 4, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Hong Kong reports its first death of a patient with 2019-nCoV[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 5, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Ten passengers from a cruise ship currently docked in Yokohama, Japan, test positive for 2019-nCoV, bringing the total cases in Japan to 35[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 7, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Death of doctor in Wuhan, Li Wenliang, who tried to raise the alarm on the 2019-nCoV in December[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 11, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]WHO assigns the novel coronavirus its official name: COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 15, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]France reports the first death from COVID-19 outside of Asia — an 80-year-old tourist from Hubei province[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 19, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 2,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 20, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]South Korea sees a spike in cases, bringing its count to 104. The country now has the second-highest number of cases outside of mainland China[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 21, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Lebanon confirms its first case of COVID-19. Israel confirms its first case of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 24, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]US biotech firm Moderna sends an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a planned phase one study. Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Oman report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 26, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Brazil confirms its first case of COVID-19, marking the first case in South America. Cases of the virus have now been confirmed on every continent except Antarctica[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 27, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Denmark, Estonia, San Marino, and the Netherlands report first cases of the virus[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Feb. 29, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]WHO says that temperature screening alone at airports and borders is not an effective way to stop international spread because people may be in an incubation period and not showing symptoms or be using antipyretics to reduce fever[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 1, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]South Korea, with 3,736 cases, and Italy, with 1,128 cases, have the most cases outside of China. Czech Republic, Iceland, and Armenia report their first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 2, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Indonesia, Senegal, Portugal, Andora, Latvia, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia report their first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 3, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Ukraine, Argentina, and Chile report their first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 5, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]U.S. Congress approves an emergency spending package to fund efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, South Africa, and Palestine report their first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 6, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Slovakia, Bhutan, Peru, Costa Rica, Columbia, Cameroon, and Togo report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 7, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Malta, Moldova, Paraguay, and the Maldives report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 8, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Bulgaria and Bangladesh report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 9, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Albania, Cyprus, Burkina Faso, and Panama report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 10, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Brunei, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bolivia, Jamaica, and Mongolia report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 11, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares the global COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Turkey, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Guyana, Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines confirm first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 13, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Europe becomes the epicenter of the pandemic[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 14, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Namibia, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Seychelles, and Eswatini confirm first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 20, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Papua New Guinea, Cape Verde, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 22, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Global cases of COVID-19 surpass 300,000. It took over three months to reach the first 100,000 confirmed cases, 12 days to reach 200,000 and three days to reach 300,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 23, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Myanmar and Belize report first cases of COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 24, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces a lockdown of 21 days for the country’s 1.3 billion residents. The Chinese government announces it will lift the lockdown on Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak, on April 8[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 26, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Cases in the U.S. surpass those in China and Italy — making it the new epicenter of the pandemic[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 27, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 28, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Cases of COVID-19 worldwide surpass 600,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 29, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 30,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”March 31, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]U.S. government places a moratorium on USAID’s global shipments of personal protective gear, asking it to instead be sent to the U.S.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 2, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Cases of COVID-19 surpass 1 million[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 3, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The United States, with the highest number of cases in the world, now has more than double the number of Italy[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 6, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Almost 90% of students globally are affected by school closures — over 1.5 billion children and young people, according to WHO. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is moved to intensive care after his COVID-19 symptoms worsen. The death toll in Europe from COVID-19 surpasses 50,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 8, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]China lifts its lockdown on Wuhan, where the COVID-19 outbreak began[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 10, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of COVID-19 deaths around the world surpasses 100,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 14, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]U.S. President Donald Trump announces he is cutting off the nation’s contributions to the World Health Organization, criticizing the agency for mismanaging the response[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 15, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 2 million. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces it will increase its funding by $150 million to fund the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 17, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Dr. Michael Ryan, of the World Health Organization Health Emergencies Programme, emphasizes that there is no evidence to prove whether someone who had COVID-19 and recovered is immune from the disease[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 19, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Death toll in Europe from COVID-19 surpasses 100,000. The death rate in Europe, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is nearly 9%[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 21, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 2.5 million globally, and the number in the U.S. surpasses 800,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 24, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 passes 50,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 25, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 200,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 26, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Australian government launches a voluntary tracking app that uses a Bluetooth signal to determine when a person has been in contact with someone with COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 27, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Globally, the number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 3 million. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that there is currently no widespread community transmission of COVID-19 in the country[/info_list_item][/info_list][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][info_list font_size_icon=”24″][info_list_item list_title=”April 28, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of coronavirus cases in the United States surpasses 1 million. The number of Americans killed by COVID-19 surpasses 58,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 29, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the U.S. government’s coronavirus task force, says that results from a clinical trial of remdesivir, a potential COVID-19 treatment, show “quite good news.” In the study, patients taking the drug recovered 31% faster than those given placebos. “What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,”[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”April 30, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Three months have passed since WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin tests positive for COVID-19. The country has over 100,000 confirmed cases[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 2, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Russia records a one-day record with 9,623 new coronavirus infections. India records 2,293 new cases in one day. Iran, with 802 new COVID-19 cases, sees its lowest daily count in nearly two months. Cases of coronavirus on the African continent surpass 40,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 3, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]French hospital in Paris retested samples from pneumonia patients and found a man with COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27. The French government confirmed its first three cases of the disease on Jan 24[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 5, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]U.K. coronavirus adviser Neil Ferguson resigns after disobeying the lockdown rules that he helped create[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 7, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]U.N. increases its Global Humanitarian Response Plan to $6.7 billion[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 8, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]United States blocks a vote in the U.N. Security Council calling for a resolution for a global ceasefire so that countries can more effectively fight COVID-19 in their countries, over mention of the World Health Organization[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 9, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 4 million globally. Only 34% of all confirmed global cases are reported to have recovered, according to data from Johns Hopkins University[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 10, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The Chinese government reports its first case in Wuhan, where the pandemic originated, since April 3. This follows the government’s lifting of lock-down measures[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 11, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The Chinese government reports the first new cluster of cases in Wuhan since the government lifted the lock-down measures in the city at the epicenter of the pandemic[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 12, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Russia has the second-highest caseload, following the United States. Both Brazil and Mexico report the highest daily fatalities in their countries since the pandemic began[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 14, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 300,000 globally[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 15, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Asian Development Bank estimates the global impact of the coronavirus to range from $5.8 trillion on a short term containment scenario of 3 months, to $8.8 trillion for a longer term containment scenario of 6 months[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 17, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Chinese officials quarantine 8,000 people in the northeast part of the country after a cluster of new infections are reported[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 18, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for over a week — a drug the president has been touting as a potential treatment for COVID-19, although the U.S. Food & Drug Administration cautions against its unproven use. Preliminary data from the first COVID-19 vaccine trial in humans shows that the vaccine is creating an immune response and is “generally safe and well tolerated,” according to the manufacturer, Moderna[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 20, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The World Health Organization receives reports of 106,000 new cases of COVID-19 — the most the agency has seen in a single day since the outbreak began[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 21, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 5 million globally[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”May 22, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]A study finds that the use of hydroxychloroquine among hospital patients with COVID-19 is linked to increased rates of death and heart arrhythmias https://www.thelancet.com/
Cases of COVID-19 in Brazil surpass 500,000
[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 3, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Following a safety review, WHO decides it will restart its trial of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 4, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The Lancet retracts its study on COVID-19 patients using hydroxychloroquine that found the drug increased death rates and increased heartbeat irregularities[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 5, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]WHO updates its guidance on the use of masks. The agency also says that fabric masks should consist of at least three layers of different material, depending on the material used[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 6, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]A project from The Guardian and Kaiser Health News finds that nearly 600 frontline health workers have died from the coronavirus in the United States[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 7, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 400,000 globally[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 8, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 400,000 globally[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 9, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, calls the COVID-19 pandemic his “worst nightmare” [/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 10, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of cases on the African continent surpasses 200,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 11, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. surpasses 2 million[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 12, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]According to a paper from the Institute of Labor Economics in Germany, masks can reduce the daily spread of new infections by 40%[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 13, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Beijing shuts down its largest fruit and vegetable market following the positive COVID-19 tests of 45 people at the market[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 14, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]China reports 57 new cases of COVID-19 — the highest daily toll the country has seen in two months[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 15, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]The U.S. Food and Drug Administration revokes authorization for the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, following several clinical trials suggesting that the drug is ineffective[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 16, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Following 24 days with no new cases, New Zealand reports that two women who recently arrived in the country from the U.K. have tested positive for COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 18, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]A study published in Nature Medicine finds that the levels of antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients declines significantly two to three months after infection, which calls into question the length of immunity that survivors have against contracting the virus again [/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 21, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]COVID-19 deaths surpass 50,000 in Brazil[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 23, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”] A report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization finds that 40% of low- and lower-middle income countries have not supported disadvantaged students during school shutdowns from COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 22, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Globally, confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpass 9 million. This comes just a week after the caseload hit 8 million[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 23, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]A report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization finds that 40% of low- and lower-middle-income countries have not supported disadvantaged students during school shutdowns from COVID-19[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 24, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the world needs 620,000 cubic meters of oxygen per day, or about 88,000 large cylinders, as new COVID-19 cases now number 1 million a week. [/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 27, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]A pledging summit hosted by the European Commission and Global Citizen raises €6.15 billion ($6.91 billion) for the development of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments, as well as to ensure their equitable access.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 28, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Globally, confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpass 10 million — only six days after the global caseload hit 9 million. Confirmed deaths surpass 500,000[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 29, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]WHO plans to send a team to China to investigate the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tedros says. The United States has bought almost all stocks of Gilead’s remdesivir until September[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”June 30, 2020″ list_icon=”Defaults-calendar”]Six months have passed since WHO received the first reports from China of a cluster of cases of which was then only known as cases of pneumonia with unknown cause[/info_list_item][/info_list][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
The timeline is continued here:
COVID-19 — A Timeline of the Coronavirus Outbreak – July – December 2020
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