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31 December 2019 – 5 January 2020	On December 31, 2019, the Chines government alerted the WHO to several cases of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people. It was spreading fast in the community. The virus was unknown. On January 1st 2020, Huanan Seafood Wholesale market was shot down due to Several of those infected worked here. As health authorities worked to identify the virus amid growing alarm, the number of infections rose to 44. The authorities were investigating 27 cases of infections after rumours on social media suggesting the outbreak could be linked to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). On January 5, Chinese officials ruled out the possibility that this was a recurrence of the SARS virus - an illness that originated in China and killed more than 770 people worldwide in 2002-2003.
6 January 2020 - 12 January 2020	According to the WHO, the chines officials announced that they had identified a new virus on January 7th. The novel virus was named SARS-CoV-2 and was identified as belonging to the coronavirus family, which includes SARS and the common cold. Soon after identifying the virus, China announced its first death, a 61 years old man who had purchased goods from the seafood market. Treatment did not improve his symptoms after he was admitted to hospital and he died of heart failure on January 9. The announcement came out on January 11th.
13 January 2020 – 19 January 2020	Soon after the death of a 61 years old man, the WHO reported on January 13th a new case in Thailand, the first outside of China, that a woman who had arrived from Wuhan. The Chines officials reported the second death from Wuhan on January 17th. The health authorities in the US announced that three airports would start screening passengers arriving from the city. The authorities in the US, Nepal, France, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan confirmed cases over the following days of the pandemic.
20 January 2020 – 26 January 2020	With the wide spreading of the virus, On January 20, China reported a third death and more than 200 infections, with cases also reported outside Hubei province including in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The cities of Wuhan, Xiantao and Chibi in Hubei province were placed under effective quarantine on January 23 as air and rail departures were suspended. By the end of the week, more areas were placed under lockdown affecting a total of 56 million people. Meanwhile, a Chinese expert on infectious diseases confirmed human-to-human transmission to state broadcaster CCTV, raising fears of a major outbreak as millions travelled for the Lunar New Year holiday. The WHO said that the outbreak did not yet constitute a public emergency of international concern and there was "no evidence" of the virus spreading between humans outside of China.
27 January 2020 – 02 February 2020	The WHO declared the coronavirus a global emergency on January 30th as the death toll in China jumped to 170, with 7,711 cases reported in the country, where the virus had spread to all 31 provinces. By the end of the week, China reported 304 deaths amid 14,380 infections. Within a few days, new cases were confirmed in India, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the US, the UAE and Vietnam. On February 2, the Philippines reported the first death outside China, the victim being a Chinese man from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province where the new coronavirus was detected in late 2019.
03 February 2020 – 09 February 2020	Authorities in Malaysia reported on February 6th the country's first known human-to-human transmission while the number of people infected in Europe reached 30. On February 7th, Li Wenliang, a doctor who was among the first to sound the alarm over the coronavirus in China, died after infected by coronavirus went viral on the social media network while Hong Kong introduced prison sentences for anyone breaching quarantine rules. On February 9, the death toll in China surpassed that of the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, with 811 deaths recorded and 37,198 infections. With new cases unfolding an investigative team led by experts from the WHO departed for China.
10 February 2020 – 16 February 2020	February 10th, China had 908 confirmed deaths and a total of 40,171 infections. This prompted President Xi Jinping to appear in public for the first time since the outbreak began. He was visiting a hospital in the capital, Beijing, and urging confidence in the battle against the virus. Five days later, on February 3rd, doing a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping, published by state media, indicated the government knew about the threat of the virus well before the public alarm was raised. On February 11th, the WHO announced that the disease caused by new coronavirus would be called "COVID-19". The new coronavirus itself was dubbed SARS-CoV-2. On February 13th, Japan confirmed its first death linked to the virus. Egypt became the first country in Africa on February 14th, to report a case and France reported Europe's first death from the virus. On February 16th, Taiwan reported its first death.
17 February 2020 – 23 February 2020	After confirming the first cases of the coronavirus, Iran reported two deaths from the virus on February 19th. On 20th South Korea reported its first death of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, China said the death toll had risen to 2,118 while the total number of cases reached 74,576. The country's health commission reported daily infections dropped to the lowest in almost a month, a result of authorities only counting cases confirmed by genetic testing in Hubei. Israel confirmed their first case a woman returning from a cruise ship tested positive on February 21st. In Italy, officials confirmed the third death on February 23rd, while local authorities brought the Venice Carnival to an early close and suspended sports events.
24 February 2020 – 1 March 2020	Starting from February 24th this week marked the confirmation of first cases in countries across the world, including Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Norway, Romania, Greece, Georgia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, North Macedonia, Brazil, Estonia, Denmark, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands, Lithuania and Wales. Iran Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi confirmed that he had infected with coronavirus after giving a press briefing on February 25th that the outbreak of the virus claimed 15 lives and reached 95 cases. As the number of infections passed 82,000 worldwide on February 27th, with alarming death tall riced up to 2,800.
2 March 2020 – 8 March 2020	Reaching the Middle East on March 5th, Saudi Arabia announced its first coronavirus case. On 8th, Saudi authorities locked down the eastern Qatif region and announced the suspension of all schools and universities across the country until further notice. China's Health Commission reported 99 new cases on March 7th, down from 143 cases the day before, with a total of 80,651 cases nationwide. Official data showed the country's exports plunging 17.2 per cent in the first two months of the year after the outbreak brought much of the country to a halt. In a wide-ranging move, Italy imposed a strict quarantine in the state of Lombardy and 14 other areas in the north, affecting a total of 16 million people.

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