On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization was alerted by the Chinese officials about dozens of pneumonia-like cases in the city of Wuhan, China, as new year celebrations take place across the country. On January 1, 2020, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identify a seafood market in Wuhan suspected to be at the center of the outbreak. On January 7, 2020, China reported its first known death from an illness caused by the new coronavirus. The patient was a 61-year-old man in Wuhan. On January 13, who reports a case in Thailand, the first time it has been detected outside of China. On January 16, 2020, Japan confirms its first case of infection with the novel coronavirus. On January 20, 2020, South Korea reports its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus. On January 21, 2020, the United States confirmed its first confirmed case, a man in his thirties in Washington state. On January 22, 2020, China reported its death toll jumped to 17, with more than 550 infections. North Korea closed its borders to all foreign tourists on the same date. Many airports begin to step up checks on flights from Wuhan.
On January 23, 2020, China placed Wuhan under quarantine. All flights and trains departing from the city are canceled, buses, subways, and ferries within the city are also suspended. On the same date, WHO says the outbreak does not yet constitute a public emergency of international concern and there is "no evidence" of human to human transmission outside of China. "Make no mistake, this is though an emergency in China, but it has not yet become a global health emergency, it may yet become one", said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanon Chebreyesus.
On January 24, 2020, France confirmed its first two cases of the novel coronavirus. On January 25, the first case in Canada is confirmed after a man traveling from Wuhan, China tested positive for the novel coronavirus. On the same date, Australia and Malaysia declare their first confirmed case of the new coronavirus. On January 27, 2020, Germany confirms its first case of the new coronavirus.
On January 30, 2020, WHO finally declared the outbreak of a global public health emergency as more than 9,000 cases are reported worldwide, including 18 countries beyond China. "The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China, but what is happening in other countries, said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanon Chebreyesus. On February 1, 2020, Princess Cruises confirms that a passenger who was on board the Diamond Princess from Yokohama, Japan, tested positive for the virus.
On February 2, 2020, the first Coronavirus death outside of China is reported, a 44-year-old Wuhan resident who died in the Philippines. On February 3, 2020, China reports 57 new deaths, bringing the death toll in China to at least 361. The number of cases rises to 17,205 across the country. On February 4, 2020, the Diamond Princess ship is quarantined off the coast of Japan with about 3,700 people, including passengers and crew, on board.
On February 7, 2020, Dr. Li WEnlang, a Chinese doctor who issued a warning about the spread of the new coronavirus SARS-like virus before it was officially recognized, died from the new coronavirus in Wuhan. Dr. Li became a hero in China and his death sparked a wave of public mourning. On February 8, 2020, the first U.S. Citizen dies from the virus in Wuhan. On February 9, 2020, the death toll in mainland China rises to 811, surpassing the number of fatalities from the SARS outbreak in 2003.
On February 11, 2020, the WHO announces the disease caused by the novel coronavirus will be known by the official name COVID-19. It stands for the coronavirus that was discovered in 2019. After hundreds of thousands were inflicted by the disease that caused thousands of death worldwide,
WHO finally declared COVID 19 as a Pandemic! "Deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, we have therefore made the assessment that COVID - 19 can be characterized as a pandemic", said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanon Chebreyesus.
WHO finally declared COVID 19 as a Pandemic! "Deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, we have therefore made the assessment that COVID - 19 can be characterized as a pandemic", said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanon Chebreyesus.
In the Philippines
On March 12, 2020, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte placed the entire Luzon under the state of Enhanced Community Quarantine.
Guidelines
On March 16, 2020, the Inter-Agency Task Force on Infectious Disease
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