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THE FIRST CASE
Dec, 31, 2019 A 55-year-old individual from Hubei province in China may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19 -
FIRST CASE IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN
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FIRST CASE IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN
FIRST KNOWN CASE IN JAPAN -
FIRST CASE IN TAIWAN
First Known Case in Guangdong Province in China, Taiwan -
FIRST DEATHS IN WUHAN, CHINA
The outbreak of the virus, which began in Wuhan, China, has sickened more than four million people. At least 280,000 people have died. -
COVID-19 IS GIVEN A NAME
COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. 'CO' stands for corona, 'VI' for virus, and 'D' for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as '2019 novel coronavirus' or '2019-nCoV.' -
FIRST CASE IN VIETNAM
The COVID-19 pandemic spread to Vietnam on 23 January 2020, when its first known case of COVID-19 was reported. -
FIRST CASE IN FRANCE
A patient treated in a hospital near Paris on 27 December for suspected pneumonia actually had the coronavirus, his doctor has said. -
FIRST CASE IN GERMANY
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread to Germany on 27 January 2020, when the first case was confirmed and contained near Munich, Bavaria.[5] The majority of cases in January and early February -
ITALY'S FIRST CASE
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January -
FIRST DAETH IN ITLY
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January ... First reported, Rome -
THE FIRST CASE IN RUSSIA
The COVID-19 pandemic spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Tyumen, Siberia and Chita, Russian Far East tested positive for the virus -
FIRST CASE IN THE U.S.
The first reported death in the United States from COVID-19 was in Oregon. -
FIRST CASE IN COLORADO
The COVID-19 pandemic reached Colorado on March 5, 2020, when the state's first two cases were confirmed. -
FIRST ANNOUNCED AS PANDEMIC
On 13 March 2020, Chinese authorities had, identified 266 people who had been infected before the beginning of 2020. -
FIRST CASE IN THE U.K
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United Kingdom in late January 2020. Government figures report that, by 14 May there had been 233,151 confirmed cases and 33,614 deaths overall -
CHINA CONTACTS THE WHO
Apr 6, 2020 - China began to inform the United States of the pneumonia outbreak -
THE US FINDS OUT
China began to inform the United States of the pneumonia outbreak -
MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING THE SPREAD
Map of the World showing the spread and intensity of the spread of COVID-19