Covid 19 2020

COVID-19

By RoJo03
  • COVID-19 begins

    COVID-19 begins
    Science has identified hundreds of coronaviruses, but only seven so far have mutated to infect humans
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    COVID-19

    COVID-19 is a deadly virus. It targets older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus but, no one is immune.
  • Cruise Ship Catastrophe

    Cruise Ship Catastrophe
    On January 25, an 80-year-old passenger was whisked off the Diamond Princess cruise ship when it arrived in Hong Kong. At a hospital, she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
  • 1000 bed hospital

    1000 bed hospital
    The 1,000-bed facility was built to help hospitals filled with patients in Wuhan, the city of 11 million people in Hubei province
  • Public Health Emergency!!!

    Public Health Emergency!!!
    On January 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a “public health emergency of international concern.”
  • First death outside China

    First death outside China
    The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, in Hubei province, where the virus was first detected. He appeared to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines
  • COVID-19 PANIC

    COVID-19 PANIC
    People start to panic and rush out to buy A LOT of toilet paper and other necessities
  • The virus gets its new name

    The virus gets its new name
    WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020, following guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  • First Death in Canada

    First Death in Canada
    Canada sees first COVID-19-related death as man dies in B.C.
    The first death in Canada from Covid-19 has been reported in the province of British Columbia. The patient who died was a resident of Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver
  • COVID-19 Pandemic

    COVID-19 Pandemic
    On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declares the global outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic.
  • School Closures

    School Closures
    All schools closed in Canada. The students will have to start online classes.
  • Don't travel

    Don't travel
    Any person entering Canada by air, sea or land are to self-isolate for 14 days whether or not they have symptoms of COVID-19. Leaving your property to go for a walk is not permitted under the Quarantine Order, issued on March 25, 2020.
  • COVID-19 deaths worldwide

    COVID-19 deaths worldwide