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WHO informed
The WHO China country office was informed about cases of pneumonia that was plaguing Wuhan. At this point, the cause of the cases was unknown. -
Aetiology discovered
The origin of the virus was discovered by the National Health Commission China to be one seafood market in Wuhan. They also closed that seafood market down -
Isolated the virus
The Chinese authorities found out isolated the virus and found out that it was a coronavirus. They then informed the WHO and the CDC about that. -
First death
Chinese authorities report that a 61-year-old man is the first death due to the 2019-nCoV. -
Genetic sequence discovered
China shared the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus for the whole world to use. This allowed other countries and research organizations to develop methods to diagnose people. -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Thailand, and outside of China
Thailand reported the first case of a lab-confirmed 2019-nCoV outside of China. This case was a woman traveling from Wuhan -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Japan
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan reports the first case of 2019-nCoV within Japan. This person was a traveler from Wuhan. -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Korea
The National IHR Focal Point for the Republic of Korea reports the first case of 2019-nCoV in Korea -
WHO's first situation report
WHO releases their first situation report on the 2019-nCoV -
First confirmed case of 2019-nCoV in America
While the person arrived in America on the 15th of January, the case was only lab-confirmed on the 21st of January -
Healthcare workers infected as well
At this point in time, 16 healthcare workers in China who were taking care of the infected were infected as well -
2019-nCoV is caused by Snakes?
The Journal of Medical Virology published an article that proves that the natural reservoir of the 2019-nCoV are snakes.
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However, this hypothesis was disproved is no longer considered to be the case. -
Wuhan closes all transport stations in the city
Wuhan closes all their train stations and airports, to prevent mass crowding and the ability to escape Wuhan. -
Deaths reach 2 digits
The number of deaths exceeds 2 digits, reaching a total of 17 -
WHO assesses the risk of the 2019-nCoV
WHO assesses the risk of the 2019-nCoV to be very high in China, high at the regional level and at the global level -
Lunar New Year celebrations
Beijing cancels all Lunar New Year celebrations in order to prevent crowding and avoid spreading of the 2019-nCoV -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Vietnam
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Singapore
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Lockdown in Hubei
As of this date, a total of 50 million people are under lockdown in the Hubei province. This prevents more cases from spreading out of the Hubei province but leaving those under lockdown to die. -
Number of infected people surpass 1000
The number of infected people reaches 1300. Surpassing 3 digits -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Nepal
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First case of 2019-nCoV in France
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Australia
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Flights to and from China cancelled
Many airlines and countries are canceling flights to and from China. The remaining flights require those that have been to China recently to undergo quarantine for 14 days and those that have the passport of that country to undergo a self-imposed quarantine. While they have not released a travel ban, many governments have released an advisory to not travel to China. This time span is not how long the cancellations will occur, but when the governments announced the cancellations. -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Malaysia
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Canada
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Deaths reaches 3 digits
The total number of deaths reaches 106, which is over 3 digits -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Cambodia
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Sri Lanka
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Germany
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First case of 2019-nCoV in UAE
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First case of 2019-nCoV in the Philippines
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Finland
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First case of 2019-nCoV in India
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Number of cases exceed SARS
The number of cases reaches 9826, which means that it has surpassed the number of cases of the SARS virus. -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Italy
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HIV proteins found in the genetic code?
This article explains how there are strands of HIV proteins in the genetic code of the CoVid-19 that China sent out. This cause a lot of people to mistakenly believe that the coronavirus was made by the Chinese government.
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This article, however, was disproven by many people and is now withdrawn. This shows that this article is false and misleading. -
Deaths reaches 4 digits
The number of lab-confirmed cases reaches 12000, which is 4 digits -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Russia
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Spain
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First case of 2019-nCoV in Sweden
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First case of 2019-nCoV in UK
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First death outside of China
A 44-year-old man from the Philippines was the first fatality of the 2019-nCoV outside of China. -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Belgium
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Cruise Ship in Japan infected
An 80-year-old man was tested positive while onboard the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship in Japan. The entire ship is quarantined and many more cases could be possible. This event causes Japan to technically have the second-highest number of cases, behind China. -
Number of deaths exceed SARS
The number of deaths reaches 812, meaning that it has surpassed the 774 deaths of the SARS outbreak in 2003. However, the number of cases is more than 4 times more than SARS, so the fatality rate is still much less -
Deaths reaches 4 digits
The number of deaths reaches 1018, meaning that it has exceeded 4 digits. -
Are Pangolins the intermediary?
The South China Agricultural University announced that the CoVid-19 shared a 99% similarity to a virus that was found in the Pangolin. -
China changes the case definition of CoVid-19
Chinese authorities change the case definition of the coronavirus, letting the clinically diagnosed cases to be considered "confirmed". This was due to there being a lack of time and resources to lab-confirm all of them. This caused an increase in 15000 cases of the CoVid-19. There was also a 254 increase in deaths, doubling from the previous days. This is due to many deaths from clinically diagnosed cases not being counted in the past death records. -
2019-nCoV named
WHO named the 2019-nCoV, calling it the CoVid-19. -
Second Death outside of China
The second death outside of China was from Japan. This death was nearly 2 weeks after the previous death outside of China. -
Many Healthcare workers are infected by the CoVid-19
Chinese authorities report that 1716 healthcare workers are infected with the CoVid-19, with 6 of them being deaths. This caused the WHO to investigate this situation -
First death outside of Asia
France announces the first death due to the CoVid-19 outside of Asia. The victim was an 80-year-old man that had traveled to China. -
First case of 2019-nCoV in Egypt
