The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among humans. The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020, and a pandemic in March 2020. As of , more than cases have been confirmed, with more than deaths attributed to COVID-19. Common symptoms include fever, cough, fatigue, breathing difficulties, and loss of smell. Complications may include pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic | Introduction
China Wuhan, China. China. It originated in Wuhan, China
where is coney island in relation to manhattan
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The southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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who were the earliest settlers in this region?
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Dutch
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is it a tourist place?
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Yes, it is a vacation destination
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what are some of the sights to see there?
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The New York Aquarium, KeySpan Park, the Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island
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On the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island
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Coney Island's primary ZIP Code is 11224
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African American, White, Asian, Native American
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No, Coney Island's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole.
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how many townships are there in the borough mentioned earlier?
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Six townships
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who is the current mayor of this place?
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what universities are found here?
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Long Island University and the New York University Tandon School of Engineering
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how has the first one dealt with the current pandemic?
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Long Island University moved all classes to online instruction for the remainder of the semester.
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The disease was first identified in December 2019
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which country is it supposed to have originated from?
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Social media posts and internet memes claimed that "COVID-19" derives from "Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease 19", or similar, as supposedly the "19th virus to come out of China". In fact, the WHO named the disease as follows: CO stands for "corona", VI for "virus", Dfor "disease" and 19 for when the outbreak was first identified (31 December 20"19").
Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic | Name of the disease
Genetic analysis confirmed that most cases of the virus had mutations indicating a European origin, meaning travelers flying to New York City from Europe brought the virus. Americans visiting Italy in late February and returning to New York on March 1 were not asked by customs if they had spent time in Italy, even though the State Department had urged Americans not to travel to Italy on February 29 (the same day Italy reported 1,100 COVID cases). An American who spent months in Milan and returned to New York's JFK Airport on March 3 was only asked if she had been to China or Iran; the same day Italy reported 2,200 COVID cases.
COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state) | Origins
On 31 March 2020, the first two cases were confirmed, they were two young men from the Netherlands who arrived on 15 March and self isolated after arrival. On 5 May all cases recovered.
COVID-19 pandemic in North America | Sint Eustatius
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020 | Introduction
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020 | Introduction
scientists in 2018, rather than from a natural source. As of 18 May 2020, an official UN investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus, supported by over 120 countries, was being considered. United States' president Donald Trump claimed to have seen evidence that gave him a "high degree of confidence" that the novel coronavirus originated in the Chinese laboratory but did not offer any evidence, data or details, contradicted statements by the United States' intelligence community and garnered a lot of harsh criticism and doubts. As of 5 May, assessments and internal sources from the Five Eyes nations indicated that the coronavirus outbreak being the result of a laboratory accident was "highly unlikely", since the human infection was "highly likely" a result of natural human and animal interaction.
Pandemic prevention | Biotechnology research and development regulation
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020 | Introduction
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020 | Introduction
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020 | Introduction
By 26 March, the United States had overtaken China and Italy with the highest number of confirmed cases in the world. Research on coronavirus genomes indicates the majority of COVID-19 cases in New York came from European travellers, rather than directly from China or any other Asian country. Retesting of prior samples found a person in France who had the virus on 27 December 2019 and a person in the United States who died from the disease on 6February 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic | 2020
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this outbreak began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020 | Introduction
In May 2020, the BBC reported that several members of a choir in Yorkshire had suffered COVID-19-like symptoms shortly after the partner of one of the choir members returned from a business trip to Wuhan, China, on 17 or 18 December. Earlier, in March 2020, it was reported that a 50-year-old man from East Sussex fell ill, also with COVID-19 symptoms, on 20 January after he returned from Ischgl in Austria, which is under investigation because it failed to report early cases on February. Also, the three other members of his family have experienced same symptoms. In June 2020 BBC reported it was found coronavirus in UK had at least 1356 origins, mostly from Italy (late February), Spain (early-to-mid-March), and France (mid-to-late-March).
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom | Late 2019 and January 2020: Suspected cases
The scientific consensus is that COVID-19 has a natural origin. The probable bat-to-human infection may have been among people processing bat carcasses and guano in the production of traditional Chinese medicines. The earliest known person with symptoms was later discovered to have fallen ill on 1December 2019, and that person did not have visible connections with the later wet market cluster. Of the early cluster of cases reported that month, two-thirds were found to have a link with the market. On 13 March 2020, an unverified report from the "South China Morning Post" ("SCMP") suggested a case traced back to 17 November 2019 (a 55-year-old person from Hubei) may have been the first person infected.
COVID-19 pandemic | Background
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020 | Introduction
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020 | Introduction
The central government has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research regarding the origins of the coronavirus. The directive issued by the Ministry of Education's science and technology department stated that "academic papers about tracing the origin of the virus must be strictly and tightly managed", requiring that such papers be vetted by a State Council task force. A Chinese researcher who spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation said "I think it is a coordinated effort from (the) Chinese government to control (the) narrative, and paint it as if the outbreak did not originate in China.
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China | Investigations of origins of the virus
Armenia – Armenia confirmed that three cases were imported from Italy on 12 March. Azerbaijan – On 11 March a student tested positive after developing fever in Italy. Bangladesh – On 8 March, Bangladesh confirmed its first cases; two are Bangladeshis who had returned from Italy and another is a family member of one of the two who returned.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | Asia
On 24 January, the first case in Europe was confirmed in Bordeaux. Two more cases were confirmed in Paris by the end of the day, all of them originated from China. A cluster of infections was discovered in Haute-Savoie which originated from a British national who had visited Singapore. From 31 January to 9 February, nearly 550 people were repatriated from Wuhan on a series of evacuation flights arriving at Creil Air Base in Oise and Istres-Le Tubé Air Base in Istres. On 14 February, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist died in Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, marking the first death from COVID-19 in Europe and France.
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe | France
SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have arisen in October or November 2019, as indicated by phylogenetic studies. Current evidence suggests that it descends from a coronavirus which infects wild bats and spread to humans through an intermediary wildlife host. It is not known whether the virus itself evolved in wildlife populations or if its distinctive spike proteins were selected for after zoonotic transfer to humans.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 | October and November
The graphs show the development of the pandemic starting from 21 February 2020, the day when the Lombardy and Veneto clusters were first detected.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | Charts
Thereafter, extensive screenings and checks were performed on everyone that had possibly been in contact with or near the infected subjects. It was subsequently reported that the origin of these cases had a possible connection to the first European local transmission that occurred in Munich, Germany, on 19 January 2020. Doctors in Codogno stated that the 38-year-old patient led an active social life in the weeks before his illness and potentially interacted with dozens of people before spreading the virus at their Hospital. Afterward, he was transferred to Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia, and his wife to Sacco Hospital in Milan.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | Lombardy
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this outbreak (later pandemic when it was upgraded on 11 March 2020) began in December 2019.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 | Introduction
Argentina – On 3 March, Argentina confirmed its first case, a 43-year-old man who arrived in Argentina two days earlier after a trip that included northern Italy. Bolivia – Two people who returned from Italy to Bolivia were tested positive. Brazil – On 25 February, Brazil confirmed its first case, a 61-year-old man from São Paulo who travelled to Lombardy between 9 and 21 February. He showed mild symptoms and was quarantined at home.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | Americas
There are several theories about when and where the very first case (the so-called patient zero) originated. According to Chinese government data seen by the "SCMP", the first case can be traced back to 17 November 2019; the person was a 55-year-old citizen in the Hubei province. There were four men and five women reported to be infected in November, but none of them was "patient zero." Based on the retrospective analysis, starting from December, the number of coronavirus cases in Hubei gradually increased, reaching 60 by 20 December and at least 266 by 31 December. According to official Chinese sources, these early cases were mostly linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which also sold live animals.
COVID-19 pandemic | 2019
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.
COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Origins
The initial origin of community spread in Texas remains unclear, but numerous anecdotal accounts by those later confirmed have included onset dates as early as December 28 in Point Venture, and retrospective analyses have found unexplained statistical increases in deaths during this time. Testing capacity across the state remained extremely limited until after the first recorded cases were announced.
COVID-19 pandemic in Texas | Early origins
Many of the earlier cases in Ecuador were imported by wealthy Ecuadorian students who were studying abroad and returned home. On 6 March, Peruvian Ministry of Health and President confirmed the first case in the country from a 25-year-old man who visited Spain, France and Czech Republic. On 8 March, Portugal confirmed a case originating from Spain. On 10 March, a further case was detected and the following day (11 March) another three cases.
COVID-19 pandemic in Spain | Spread to other countries and territories
In Australia, New South Wales began opening schools. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed that a seven-year-old boy had tested positive for COVID-19, and the school was closed. The Associated Press reported that a United States Department of Homeland Security report dated 1 May states that intelligence officials believed that China covered up the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak to allow time for them to stock up on supplies. Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television issued a statement accusing United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of "wantonly spewing poison and spreading lies" about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in response to Pompeo's statement claiming that the coronavirus had originated in a laboratory in Wuhan.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020 | 4 May
In contrast, scientists suggest the virus originated in bats and migrated into an intermediary host animal before infecting people.
Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic | Bat soup consumption
Subsequent whole genome sequencing studies carried out by the Public Health Agency proved that disease control measures including isolation and contact tracing had been largely successful in preventing the infection to spread from Italy.
COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden | Early cases (December 2019 – February 2020)
A small number of initial cases in Europe were reported in France, Germany and other countries. On 21 February, a large outbreak was reported in Italy, mostly in the north near Milan. Cases grew rapidly as the outbreak spread across Europe. Cases have been confirmed in all European countries, with Montenegro the last country to report its first coronavirus case on 17 March 2020. There have been no reported cases in the Norwegian jurisdiction of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The WHO declared Europe as the new epicenter of the virus after the situation improved in China. On 26 May, the epicenter was declared by the WHO to have moved to the Americas.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory | Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Africa on 14 February 2020. The first confirmed case was in Egypt, and the first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa was in Nigeria. Most of the identified imported cases arrived from Europe and the United States rather than from China where the virus originated. It is believed that there is widespread under-reporting in many African countries with less developed healthcare systems. Experts have worried about COVID-19 spreading to Africa, because many of the healthcare systems on the continent are inadequate, having problems such as lack of equipment, lack of funding, insufficient training of healthcare workers, and inefficient data transmission.
COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Introduction
All passenger flights to and from Italy, Spain, Albania, North Macedonia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany are suspended until 15 May, and land borders with Albania, North Macedonia and Turkey are closed, with exemptions for cargo and sanitary transports, among others.
National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic | Greece
The territory's first case was confirmed on 17 March. Schools have been closed and public gatherings banned as a precautionary measure. By 15 May, all cases had fully recovered. On 10 July, a 12th case was discovered.
COVID-19 pandemic in North America | Montserrat
On 20 January, the United States confirmed its first case, of a 35-year-old man who had returned on 15 January to the state of Washington after visiting family in Wuhan, China. The man sought clinical assistance on 19 January. On 27 February, the CDC reported a case in California which may be the first instance of community transmission in the US. On 29 February, officials of Washington State confirmed the first reported death from coronavirus in the US.
COVID-19 pandemic in North America | United States
On 19 May 2020, Australia filed a motion with the UN for an inquiry into the origins of the virus, and the response of the UN and governments. More than 100 countries supported this motion, and it was passed unanimously.
COVID-19 pandemic | Oceania
On 15 April 2020, US President Donald Trump announced that the US government was investigating whether the virus spread from the laboratory.
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China | Investigations of origins of the virus
On 31 January, the first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Rome. A Chinese couple, originally from Wuhan, who had arrived in Italy on 23 January via Milan Malpensa Airport, travelled from the airport to Verona, then to Parma, arriving in Rome on 28 January. The next afternoon, they developed a cough, and by evening the man had a fever; the couple were taken to the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases where they tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and were hospitalised. On 2 February, a team from the same institute composed of scientists Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Francesca Colavita, and Concetta Castilletti isolated the genomic sequence of the virus and uploaded it to GenBank.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | First confirmed cases
citizens from Hubei Province, China, where the virus had originated. On February 5, 345 U.S. citizens were evacuated from Hubei Province and taken to two air bases in California to be quarantined for 14 days. 300 others were evacuated the following day. Fourteen of the 340 Americans who were evacuated from the "Diamond Princess" that was docked in Yokohama, Japan, on February 16 were found to have contracted the virus.
2020s in United States political history | COVID-19 pandemic
On 31 December 2019, the Health Commission of Wuhan, Hubei, China, informed the WHO about a cluster of acute pneumonia cases with unknown origin in its province. On 9 January 2020, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) reported the identification of a novel coronavirus (later identified as the SARS-CoV-2) as the cause. In late January 2020, following the developments of COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China, on 3 February, Italy set up enhanced screening measures, including thermal cameras and medical staff at airports.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | Background
On December 31, 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) became aware of cases in China and began developing reports for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January1.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States | Prior to January 19
On April 30, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated that the U.S. intelligence community "concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified." It also stated that U.S. intelligence agencies were investigating whether the outbreak started from "contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan". On May 3, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed in an interview that there existed "a significant amount of evidence" that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan. After Pompeo also claimed that the "best experts so far seem to think [COVID-19] was man-made", the journalist informed Pompeo that he had contradicted the U.S.
Trump administration communication during the COVID-19 pandemic | COVID-19's origins
colleagues, [Putin] assumes that when U.S. manufacturers of medical equipment and materials gain momentum, they will also be able to reciprocate if necessary." In early April, Norway and EU states like Romania and Austria started to offer help by sending medical personnel and disinfectant, and Ursula von der Leyen offered an official apology to the country.
COVID-19 pandemic | Italy
On 31 December 2019, the Health Commission of Wuhan, Hubei, China, informed the WHO about a cluster of acute pneumonia cases with unknown origin in its province. On 9 January 2020, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) reported the identification of a novel coronavirus (later identified as the SARS-CoV-2) as the cause. The disease in China affected over 80,000 people, causing over 3,200 deaths (as of March 25, 2020) and has now spread to over 210 countries and territories across the world.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic | Background
Cases were reported in all South American countries after Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela confirmed their first cases on 13 March 2020, and in all South American territories after the Falkland Islands confirmed a case on 3April 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory | South America
On 3 May 2020, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that there is "enormous evidence" the coronavirus outbreak originated in a Chinese laboratory. However, Pompeo later distanced himself from the claim, while virologists have stated that available data overwhelmingly suggest that there was no chance of scientific misconduct or negligence such that the virus emerged from a lab. In May 2020, George Gao, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said animal samples collected from the seafood market had tested negative for the virus, indicating that the market was the site of an early superspreading event, but it was not the site of the initial outbreak.
Wet market | COVID-19
Countries and territories that confirmed their first cases during July 2020: By the end of July, only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections: Europe
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020 | Timeline
On 31 January, Sweden confirmed its first case. A woman in her 20s, who had visited Wuhan, tested positive and was admitted at Ryhov County Hospital in Jönköping. On 26 February, following the outbreak in Italy and in Iran, infection clusters originating from these two countries appeared in Sweden. A number of individuals in Västra Götaland, Jönköping, Stockholm and Uppsala tested positive and were admitted to the infectious disease units in the respective counties. The country's first fatality came on 11 March, that of a man in Stockholm over 60 who had other illnesses prior to infection.
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe | Sweden
But there remains no chronicled or biological evidence to suggest the 1510 flu originated from, as opposed to just spread in, Africa before reaching Europe.
1510 influenza pandemic | Origin of 1510 Influenza
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The first case was recorded in this region on 10 April 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Introduction
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories of India including the union territory of Ladakh. The first case was recorded in this region on 18 March.
COVID-19 pandemic in Ladakh | Introduction
Yanzhong Huang, a health expert at Seton Hall University, said that China could have been more forceful and "when there was a cover-up and there was inaction". A number of other countries' governments have called for an international examination of the virus's origin and spread.
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China | Information sharing
This article provides a general overview and documents the status of locations affected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019. The most recent country or territory to report its first confirmed case was Wallis and Futuna on 16 October 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory | Introduction
The virus is thought to be natural and has an animal origin, through spillover infection. The first known human infections were in Wuhan, Hubei, China. A study of the first 41 cases of confirmed COVID-19, published in January 2020 in "The Lancet", reported the earliest date of onset of symptoms as 1December 2019. Official publications from the WHO reported the earliest onset of symptoms as 8December 2019. Human-to-human transmission was confirmed by the WHO and Chinese authorities by 20 January 2020. According to official Chinese sources, these were mostly linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which also sold live animals.
Coronavirus disease 2019 | History
A 24-year-old man from Madrid, who recently returned from Northern Italy, tested positive and was admitted to Hospital Carlos III. In the Valencian Community, a man from Villarreal, who recently travelled to Milan, tested positive and was admitted to Hospital Universitario De La Plana, Castellón. A retrospective analysis of 28 complete genetic sequences of the virus showed that by 14–18 February at least two different strains were already circulating in Spain, which means there were multiple introductions of the virus to Spain and not a single patient zero.
COVID-19 pandemic in Spain | First cases (31 January–25 February)
The next phase of the epidemic, namely community transmission, was assumed to have begun first in Heinsberg, where a strategy of protection of vulnerable groups was adopted.
National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic | Germany
As of 24 May, 68 days since its first recorded case, Montenegro became the first COVID-19-free country in Europe, but this situation lasted only 44 days before a newly imported case was identified there.
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe | Introduction
On 27 February, the Netherlands confirmed its first case, a man who had been in the Lombardy region of Italy. On 6 March, RIVM announced the first death. On 9 March, RIVM announced 56 more confirmed cases in addition to the total of the 77 infected patients declared in the previous day, bringing the total to 321 infected and 3 dead.
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe | Netherlands
A new strain of coronavirus was first identified in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in late December 2019. It has caused a cluster of cases of an acute respiratory disease, which is referred to as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to media reports, more than 200 countries and territories have been affected by COVID-19, with major outbreaks occurring in Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Western Europe and the United States. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic. , the number of people infected with COVID-19 has reached 37,730,426 worldwide, of whom 28,333,093 have recovered.
Pandemic | COVID-19
Countries and territories that confirmed their first cases during October 2020: As of , only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections: Asia Europe
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020 | Timeline
'Bore' yourselves for two weeks." ; "If the whole society is mobilized, 'boring' the virus is to contribute to society". Since then, he has put forward three important standards on returning to work, namely "fire prevention, anti-theft, and 'anti-colleagues'". At the end of February, Zhang Wenhong said in a media interview that in China, the first occurrence of new coronary virus was only in Wuhan. If it was transmitted to China from outside, it should have infected several Chinese cities at the same time, not one by one. He also said that the source of the virus is a controversial issue, but there must be "exact basis" to make claims, so he does not agree that the virus originated outside China.
Zhang Wenhong | COVID-19 pandemic
No new countries and territories confirmed their first cases during August 2020. By the end of August, only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections: Europe
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020 | Timeline
On 26 February, one of the people with whom he had interacted in Romania tested positive.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | Spread to other regions
A 32-year-old man in Heilbronn tested positive and was admitted to a hospital. He had been in Milan on 21 February and fallen ill with flu symptoms on 23 February. A man from Breisgau who had travelled to Bergamo, Italy also tested positive and underwent isolation.
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany | Baden-Württemberg
Countries and territories that confirmed their first cases during May 2020: By the end of May, only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections: Asia Europe
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020 | Timeline
The COVID-19 pandemic began when a cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases was detected in December 2019 in Wuhan and eventually spread to the rest of China. Afterwards, many other Asian countries started to confirm cases, with some of the most affected countries being South Korea, Turkey and Iran. A number of countries such as India and Malaysia also experienced a surge in cases following religious gatherings. As of 30 April, cases have been reported in all Asian countries except for North Korea and Turkmenistan, both of which have suspected cases. The lack of cases in North Korea is disputed, given its shared border with China, while concerns have been raised about the ability for its health system to cope.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory | Asia
They suggested that transmission of the virus may have been facilitated by the low temperatures in the factory, its limited fresh air supply, and the strenuous nature of the work. On the other hand, the living conditions in the dormitories appeared to not have played a major role in the evolution of the outbreak.
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany | July
The COVID-19 pandemic began in Asia in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has spread widely through the continent. As of 8 June 2020, at least one case of COVID-19 had been reported in every country in Asia except North Korea and Turkmenistan. Asian countries with the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases are India, Russia (a transcontinental nation), Iran, Iraq, and Bangladesh. Among the earliest countries to report COVID-19 cases after the outbreak in China were Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam, but these countries had successfully controlled the pandemic. The highest numbers of deaths are recorded in India, Iran, Indonesia, Iraq and Turkey with more than 150,000 deaths combined.
COVID-19 pandemic in Asia | Introduction
Virologist Isabella Eckerle stated that she considered it "extremely unlikely" that the spate of infections had been the result of workers returning to their home countries in Eastern Europe over the preceding long weekend, and that a superspreading event was more likely to have been the cause of the outbreak.
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany | June
The Italian National Institute of Health looked at 40 sewage samples collected from wastewater treatment plants in northern Italy between October 2019 and February 2020. An analysis released in June 2020 said samples taken in Milan and Turin on 18 December showed the presence of the SARS-CoV2 virus.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 | 18 December
Morrison supported an international inquiry into the origins of the global COVID-19 pandemic and opined that the coronavirus most likely originated in a wildlife wet market in Wuhan as opposed to a laboratory, as alleged by President Donald Trump and United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Scott Morrison | COVID-19 pandemic
Furthermore, Wang directed that "The National Health Commission 'unequivocally requires that any tests, clinical data, test results, conclusions related to the epidemic shall not be posted on social media platforms, nor shall [it] be disclosed to any media outlets including government official media, nor shall [it] be disclosed to partner institutions'". The broad scientific consensus holds that SARS-CoV-2 originated in bats. A member of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (COBRA) in the UK, tasked with dealing with crisis, has said that while British government intelligence does not dispute that the virus has a zoonotic origin, it also does not discount the idea of a leak from a Wuhan laboratory, saying that "Perhaps it is no coincidence that there is that laboratory in Wuhan" (the Wuhan Institute of Virology).
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China | Investigations of origins of the virus
The pandemic originated with a cluster of mysterious, suspected pneumonia cases in the city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, China. A Wuhan hospital notified the local center for disease control and prevention (CDC) and health commissions on 27 December 2019. On 31 December, the Wuhan CDC disclosed to the media that there was a cluster of unknown pneumonia cases related to Huanan Seafood Market after the unverified documents appeared on the Internet. The potential disease outbreak soon drew nationwide attention including that of the National Health Commission (NHC) in Beijing who sent experts to Wuhan on the following day.
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China | Introduction
On 22 March, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on the island of Dominica. It was a woman who recently came back from the UK.
COVID-19 pandemic in North America | Dominica
The 1510 flu is suspected of originating in East Asia, possibly China. Gregor Horst writes in "Operum medicorum tombus primus" (1661) that the disease came from Asia and spread along trade routes before attacking the Middle East and North Africa. German medical writer Justus Hecker suggested the 1510 influenza most likely came from Asia because of the historical nature of other influenzas to originate there in more recent pandemics.
1510 influenza pandemic | Asia
They were released ahead of schedule on 23 February, after repeatedly testing negative. On 25 February, the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Brazil (and the first in South America as a whole) was announced by the Health Department of São Paulo — a 61-year-old man who had returned from Lombardy, Italy. A second case was confirmed soon after in another person who had recently returned from Italy. On 28 February, scientists of the University of São Paulo's Tropical Medicine Institute and the Adolfo Lutz Institute reported that they had sequenced the genomes of these two cases, which had been separately introduced from Northern Italy to Brazil on two occasions.
COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil | Timeline
The first confirmed case was in Melbourne, Victoria, on 25 January. Many small Pacific island nations have thus far avoided the outbreak by closing their international borders.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory | Oceania
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. Genetic sequencing has traced most COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom to imported cases from Italy, France and Spain, rather than directly from China.
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom | Background
The virus outbreak originated in Wuhan, China. It was first detected back in December 2019, which is why scientists called it COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). This outbreak has since caused a health issue in the city of Wuhan, China which evolved into a global pandemic. The World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic back on March 11, 2020. As of May 2020, scientists believe that the coronavirus, a zoonotic disease, is linked to the wet markets in China. Epidemiologists have also warned of the virus's contagiousness. Specialists have declared that the spread of SARS-Cov-2 is still unknown. The generally accepted notion among virologists and experts is that the action of inhaling droplets from an infected person is most likely the way SARS-Cov-2 is spreading.
Globalization and disease | COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) worldwide crisis
Analysis of the genetic divergence of the virus in samples from different cases indicated that the virus jumped to humans in 2008, probably after June, and not later than the end of November, likely around September 2008. A report by researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2016 found that the 2009 H1N1 virus likely originated from pigs in a very small region of central Mexico. On April 17, 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determined that two cases of febrile respiratory illness occurring in children who resided in adjacent counties in Southern California were caused by infection with a swine influenza A (H1N1) virus.
Pandemic H1N1/09 virus | Viral origins
A new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in late December 2019 as the cause of a cluster of cases of an acute respiratory disease now referred to as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of 31 March 2020, more than 190 countries and territories have been affected, with major outbreaks in China, Italy, South Korea and Iran. On 11 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) characterised the spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic.
COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey | Background
The "Coronavirus" page was created in 2003. The "2019–2020 China pneumonia outbreak" Wikipedia article, which evolved into the English Wikipedia's main article about the pandemic, was created on 5 January 2020. Wikipedia entries were subsequently created for "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" and "Coronavirus disease 2019". By 9 February, the main article had been edited more than 6,500 times by approximately 1,200 editors, and six of the primary Wikipedia articles about the pandemic were viewed more than 18 million times. Other early entries included an overview of the pandemic by country and territory, a timeline, and another focused on xenophobia and racism.
Wikipedia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic | English Wikipedia
According to "Wired", BridgeDb, a project that connects bioinformatic identifiers, is creating coronavirus gene and protein mapping databases from information supplied by Wikidata, a sibling project of Wikipedia, as part of a collaboration with Wikidata's WikiProject COVID-19. WikiProject India, on Wikidata, set up a task force and created a central database depicting the national and state-level trajectories of the spread.
Wikipedia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic | Wikidata
The main article about the pandemic at Spanish Wikipedia was created by an editor from Costa Rica on 19 January 2020. By mid April, the article had been edited more than 5,000 times, included 350 references, and received more than 5 million views. The entry was being monitored by approximately 175 editors at the time, receiving an average of 80,000 views per day.
Wikipedia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic | Spanish Wikipedia
The family was previously on holiday in Lombardy. On 28 February, one of the children, a 15-year-old boy, tested positive.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy | Europe
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first case was recorded in this region on 26 March 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Introduction
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in July 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020 | Introduction
In February 2020, Italy became one of the world's main centres for confirmed cases of COVID-19, a respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that originated in China. , more than 380,000 coronavirus cases and 36,000 deaths were confirmed, affecting mainly Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Piedmont. In late January, the government banned all flights from and to China, becoming the first European country to adopt this measure. On 22 February, the Council of Ministers announced a bill to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, quarantining more than 50,000 people from 11 different municipalities in Northern Italy. Prime Minister Conte stated: "In the outbreak areas, entry and exit will not be provided.
Giuseppe Conte | Coronavirus pandemic
No new countries or territories confirmed their first cases during June 2020. By the end of June, only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections: Asia
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020 | Timeline
The following is the list of countries and territories that confirmed their first cases during the period of February 2020.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020 | Summary
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in August 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020 | Introduction
Saudi Arabia confirmed the first case on 2 March, a Saudi national returning from Iran via Bahrain.
COVID-19 pandemic in Asia | Saudi Arabia
citizen) studying in Milan and the third case was a man who returned from a skiing holiday in Auronzo di Cadore.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic | Week 9 (24 February – 1 March)
On 21 February, a person who had been to Italy visited family in the Waikato, and developed symptoms of COVID-19 upon arrival in New Zealand. At the time, they did not meet the testing criteria, as they had not visited or transited through China. The person is thought to have infected their family, who developed symptoms on 29 February. The person who visited their family was later retroactively diagnosed with COVID-19 on September 23. On 28 February, New Zealand confirmed its first case: a New Zealand citizen in her 60s who had recently visited Iran, returning via Bali, Indonesia, and arriving in New Zealand on 26 February at Auckland.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand | February 2020
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in June 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020 | Introduction
On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019.
COVID-19 pandemic in Spain | Background
Iran became a center of the spread of the virus after China. Amidst claims of a cover-up of the extent of the outbreak in the country, over ten countries have traced their cases back to Iran, indicating that the extent of the outbreak may be more severe than that admitted by the Iranian government. The Iranian Parliament was shut down, with 23 of the 290 members of parliament reported to have had tested positive for the virus on 3 March. A number of senior government officials as well as two members of parliament have died from the disease.
National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic | Iran
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in January 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020 | Introduction
There were many cases in the beginning of August 2020. These cases were all related to the same person and spread on the national holiday ólavsøka, which was celabrated on 28 and 29 July, and during the days after, mainly at private parties, according to the Chief Medical Officer. With massive testing and isolating the persons who tested positive and their close contacts the authorities managed to stop the spreading of the virus.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Faroe Islands | Introduction
The pandemic began after Roman soldiers who were sent to suppress an uprising in what is now Iraq, plundered the city of Seleucia on the river Tigris and at the same time were infected. They brought the disease back to Rome and Europe where up to 5,000 people a day were fatally infected. At its height,the pandemic reached India and China. Measles is an old disease, but it was not until the 10th century that the Persian physician Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925) – known as "Rhazes" – first identified it. Rhazes used the Arabic name "hasbah" (حصبة) for measles.
Social history of viruses | In antiquity