Corona virus project

By Jerrell4476

  • life expectancy

    life expectancy
    United States enters World War I. U.S. life expectancy is 54 years of age for women and 48 years of age for men.

  • life expectancy fall by 12 years

    life expectancy fall by 12 years
    Spring and fall waves of influenza (”flu”) activity cause the average life expectancy in the United States to fall by 12 years.

  • First case of Spanish Flu Discovered

    First case of Spanish Flu Discovered
    First case of Spanish flu was discovered. It was found in an american who was a World War I veteran living in Kansas

  • Third wave

    Third wave
    Third wave of pandemic flu activity occurs. Pandemic subsides, but virus (H1N1) continues to circulate seasonally for 38 years.

  • First isolation of influenza

    First isolation of influenza
    First isolation of influenza, proving that flu is caused by a virus not a bacterium.

  • H2N2 pandemic

    H2N2 pandemic
    H2N2 flu virus emerges to trigger a pandemic, replacing the 1918 H1N1 pandemic virus.

  • annual flu vaccination

    annual flu vaccination
    The U.S. Public Health Service recommends annual flu vaccination for people at high risk of serious flu complications.

  • H3N2 pandemic

    H3N2 pandemic
    H3N2 flu virus emerges to trigger a pandemic, replacing H2N2 virus.

  • fully sequenced

    fully sequenced
    Genome of the 1918 pandemic flu virus is fully sequenced.

  • Unknown etiology

    Unknown etiology
    The World Health Organisation (WHO) was informed of cases of unknown etiology detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.

  • First known death

    First known death
    Chinese state media reported the first known death from an illness caused by the novel Corona virus, a 61-year-old from Wuhan who had underlying health conditions.

  • "public health emergency of international concern"

    "public health emergency of international concern"
    The WHO declared the 2019-nCoV outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern".

  • Dr Li Wenliang

    Dr Li Wenliang
    Dr Li Wenliang, a Chinese medic who tried to warn about the virus, died from coronavirus.

  • US first death

    US first death
    The US reported its first death from COVID-19, a man in his 50s with an underlying health condition.

  • "severe and mounting disruption"

    "severe and mounting disruption"
    The WHO warned of "severe and mounting disruption" to the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), putting the lives of healthcare workers at risk.

  • Pandemic

    Pandemic
    The WHO declared a pandemic

  • immediate nationwide 'lockdown'

    immediate nationwide 'lockdown'
    Boris Johnson announced an immediate nationwide 'lockdown' for at least 3 weeks. The WHO's director general said the COVID-19 pandemic "is accelerating". GPs send letters to around 1.5 million people most vulnerable to COVID-19 asking them to self-isolate for the next 12 weeks.