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Unknown Virus
On December 31 last year, China alerted WHO to several cases of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people in the central Hubei province. The virus was unknown. -
Market
Chinese health authorities close the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market after discovering that wild animals sold there may be the source of the virus. -
2019-nCoV
Chinese specialists affirm that they have recognized the infection as a novel coronavirus, at first named 2019-nCoV by the WHO and was recognized as having a place with the coronavirus family, which incorporates SARS and the normal virus. -
First Death
The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announces the first death caused by the virus. A 61-year-old man who had purchased goods from the seafood market, died on the evening of January 9 after respiratory failure caused by severe pneumonia. -
Thailand
Thai authorities report a case of infection caused by the coronavirus, the first outside China, of a woman who had arrived from Wuhan. -
Japan
Japanese authorities reported a confirmed case in a man who traveled to Wuhan. -
Second Death
After the second death occurred in China, United States responds to the outbreak by implementing screenings for symptoms at airports in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. -
Vaccine
The National Institutes of Health declares that it is working on a vaccine against the coronavirus. "The NIH is in the process of taking the first steps towards the development of a vaccine," says Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. -
Closing airports and railway stations
Wuhan says it will "temporarily" close its airport and railway stations.
Chinese authorities confirm at least 547 cases in the mainland. -
The W.H.O. declared a global health emergency.
WHO determines that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. On the same day, the United States reports its first confirmed case of person-to-person transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus -
Trump
The Donald Trump administration announces they will suspended the entry into the United States by any foreign nationals who had traveled to China in the last 14 days. -
Diamond Princess cruise ship
The Japanese Health Ministry announces that ten people aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship moored in Yokohama Bay are confirmed to have the coronavirus. The ship, which is carrying more than 3,700 people, is placed under quarantine scheduled to end on February 19. -
The disease the virus causes got a new name.
The World Health Organization on Feb. 11 proposed an official name for the disease the virus coronavirus causes: Covid-19, an acronym that stands for coronavirus disease 2019. -
Latin America reports its first coronavirus case.
Brazilian health officials said that a 61-year-old São Paulo man, who had returned recently from a business trip to Italy, tested positive for the coronavirus. -
U.S.A
The United States records its first coronavirus death and announces travel restrictions. -
Pandemic
The WHO declares the novel coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic. WHO says the outbreak is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. -
France imposes a nationwide lockdown.
France imposed a nationwide lockdown, prohibiting gatherings of any size and postponing the second round its municipal elections. -
For the first time, China reports zero local infections
At a news meeting, authorities from China's National Wellbeing Bonus report no new privately transmitted coronavirus cases just because since the pandemic started. -
The Tokyo Olympics delayed until 2021.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee agree to postpone the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus.
