Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic explained
See main article: COVID-19 pandemic.
The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2,[1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019.[2] The first human case in the United States was on 21 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.[3] [4] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023.
Worldwide timelines by month and year
The 2019 and January 2020 timeline articles include the initial responses as subsections, and more comprehensive timelines by nation-state are listed below this section.
The following are the timelines of the COVID-19 pandemic respectively in:
- ResponsesThe following are responses to the COVID-19 pandemic respectively in:
Timeline by country
See also: National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 timeline by country in Africa.
Some of the timelines listed below also contain responses. The following are the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in:
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Worldwide cases by month and year
See also: COVID-19 pandemic deaths. The following are COVID-19 pandemic cases in:
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Coronavirus. www.who.int. 27 January 2020.
- News: Page . Jeremy . Hinshaw . Drew . McKay . Betsy . In Hunt for Covid-19 Origin, Patient Zero Points to Second Wuhan Market - The man with the first confirmed infection of the new coronavirus told the WHO team that his parents had shopped there . 26 February 2021 . . 27 February 2021 .
- Web site: Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) . 30 January 2020 . World Health Organization (WHO) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200131005904/https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov) . 31 January 2020 . 30 January 2020.
- Web site: WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19—11 March 2020 . 11 March 2020 . World Health Organization. 11 March 2020.
