A journal of a pandemic year

  • China, reported Wuhan Hubei Province. A no a cluster of cases of pneumonia in vel coronavirus was eventually identified

  • China health authorities are closing the Huanan seafood wholesale market after it was discovered that wild animals sold there may be the source of the virus

  • Published first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus

  • Reported on social media that there was a cluster of pneumonia cases – with no deaths – in Wuhan, Hubei province

  • Published first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus

  • China publicly shared the genetic sequence of COVID-19.

  • Officials confirm a case of, COVID-19 in Thailand, the first recorded case outside of China.

  • In Japan, authorities confirm that a Japanese man who traveled to Wuhan is infected with the virus.

  • China reports 139 new cases of the disease, including the death of a third person.

  • Experts from its China and Western Pacific regional offices conducted a brief field visit to Wuhan.

  • The first cases of coronavirus are reported in Europe. They were in France.

  • )The number of cases in the world exceeds 1,000 . A total of 1,287 cases are registered

  • Releases the international community's Strategic Preparedness and Response Plans to help protect states with weaker health systems.

  • Cases are reported in Beijing and Shenzhen, China

  • COVID-19 Solidarity Response fund launched to receive donations from private individuals, corporations and institutions.

  • Partners launch the Solidarity Trial, an international clinical trial that aims to generate robust data from around the world to find the most effective treatments for COVID-19.