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At 1.38pm on 31 December, a Chinese government website announced the detection of a “pneumonia of unknown cause” in the area surrounding the South China seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, an industrial city of 11 million people. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/apr/08/coronavirus-100-days-that-changed-the-world?CMP=share_btn_tw
Day 1
Wednesday 1 January
Wuhan seafood market shut down
The Wuhan seafood market is ordinarily bustling, but this morning police are weaving tape between its metal frames and hustling owners to shut their blue roller doors.
Wednesday 1 January
Wuhan seafood market shut down
The Wuhan seafood market is ordinarily bustling, but this morning police are weaving tape between its metal frames and hustling owners to shut their blue roller doors.
Day 9
Thursday 9 January
Novel coronavirus identified
The mystery disease is identified: Chinese scientists say the sick patients in Wuhan have contracted a previously undiscovered coronavirus.
Thursday 9 January
Novel coronavirus identified
The mystery disease is identified: Chinese scientists say the sick patients in Wuhan have contracted a previously undiscovered coronavirus.
Day 13
Monday 13 January
Thailand reports the first case
More than a week has passed since Wuhan health authorities last confirmed a case of the novel coronavirus.
But the virus has slipped the net. Thailand reports its first case, involving a 61-year old Wuhan resident...
Monday 13 January
Thailand reports the first case
More than a week has passed since Wuhan health authorities last confirmed a case of the novel coronavirus.
But the virus has slipped the net. Thailand reports its first case, involving a 61-year old Wuhan resident...
Day 20
Monday 20 January
Human-to-human transmission confirmed
Zhong Nanshan, a trusted respiratory expert.........goes on state television with bad news: two new cases of the virus have surfaced in Guangdong province among patients with no direct contact with Wuhan.
Monday 20 January
Human-to-human transmission confirmed
Zhong Nanshan, a trusted respiratory expert.........goes on state television with bad news: two new cases of the virus have surfaced in Guangdong province among patients with no direct contact with Wuhan.
Day 24
Friday 24 January
Virus arrives in Europe
The virus arrives in Europe, detected in two recent arrivals from China and a relative. The trio have had dozens of contacts and French authorities say they are racing to track down possible cases.
Friday 24 January
Virus arrives in Europe
The virus arrives in Europe, detected in two recent arrivals from China and a relative. The trio have had dozens of contacts and French authorities say they are racing to track down possible cases.
Day 36
Tuesday 4 February
First death outside China
The official case count in China passes 20,000, with 425 dead. A Wuhan resident who developed severe pneumonia last week dies in a hospital in Manila in the Philippines, the first person to succumb to the virus outside China.
Tuesday 4 February
First death outside China
The official case count in China passes 20,000, with 425 dead. A Wuhan resident who developed severe pneumonia last week dies in a hospital in Manila in the Philippines, the first person to succumb to the virus outside China.
Day 50
Wednesday 19 February
Concerns over South Korea church
The woman, 61, belongs to a secretive megachurch and attended two services while ill. She ignored doctors’ initial requests(for tests)......Officials determine she has had at least 1,160 risky contacts.
Wednesday 19 February
Concerns over South Korea church
The woman, 61, belongs to a secretive megachurch and attended two services while ill. She ignored doctors’ initial requests(for tests)......Officials determine she has had at least 1,160 risky contacts.
Day 66
Friday 6 March
Italy in crisis as UK records first death
Italy’s death toll has grown sixfold in six days: more than 230 Italians are dead and caseloads are growing by more than 1,200 every day. Rome has shut schools, banned spectators from Serie A football matches....
Friday 6 March
Italy in crisis as UK records first death
Italy’s death toll has grown sixfold in six days: more than 230 Italians are dead and caseloads are growing by more than 1,200 every day. Rome has shut schools, banned spectators from Serie A football matches....
Day 71
Wednesday 11 March
Covid-19 declared a pandemic
The number of cases in the US has passed 1,000 and more than 116,000 people are infected worldwide.
Stock markets in the US and UK are collapsing faster than at any time since the 2008 financial crash.....
Wednesday 11 March
Covid-19 declared a pandemic
The number of cases in the US has passed 1,000 and more than 116,000 people are infected worldwide.
Stock markets in the US and UK are collapsing faster than at any time since the 2008 financial crash.....
panicked by the virus and a Saudi-Russian oil price war.
Deaths in Italy increase by 168 in a single day, the highest figure recorded anywhere. An image of an exhausted Italian nurse collapsed over her desk goes viral. The country is facing its “darkest hour”, Conte says.
Deaths in Italy increase by 168 in a single day, the highest figure recorded anywhere. An image of an exhausted Italian nurse collapsed over her desk goes viral. The country is facing its “darkest hour”, Conte says.
Day 71
Wednesday 11 March: The WHO declares what has become obvious: Covid-19 is a pandemic.
Wednesday 11 March: The WHO declares what has become obvious: Covid-19 is a pandemic.
Day 93
Thursday 2 April
Another grim milestone passed
At around 8.40pm GMT, the Johns Hopkins University count of people confirmed to have Covid-19 passes 1 million, with more than 50,000 people dead.
Thursday 2 April
Another grim milestone passed
At around 8.40pm GMT, the Johns Hopkins University count of people confirmed to have Covid-19 passes 1 million, with more than 50,000 people dead.
The sick include Boris Johnson, who says he is showing only minor symptoms and is still able to preside over the UK government’s response.
In Hungary, the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has been granted the power to rule by decree with no time limit.
In Hungary, the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has been granted the power to rule by decree with no time limit.
In India, a second case in discovered in Dharavi, a vast slum area in Mumbai and one of the most densely populated places on Earth, fuelling fears that the country’s outbreak may be significantly worse than the official tally of 2,069 cases.
Deaths in Spain exceed 950 in a single day, the most yet recorded. Figures show a record 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the last week, in addition to the more than 3m who did so the previous week.
The US has nearly a quarter of a million cases and 6,000 deaths. Field hospitals have been set up in New York’s Central Park, and refrigerated trucks are being used to store the dead. Trump warns of a “very, very painful two weeks” ahead.
