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The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]
On January 20, Chinese authorities announced the confirmation that human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus had already occurred. [19] [20]The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in a 35-year-old American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state.
Wuhan Central Hospital received a report from Beijing Boao Medical Laboratory stating that their sample (obtained 27 December) contained SARS coronavirus. [11] At the time, the laboratory only obtained a short partial sequence, which was rapidly shared with Vision Medicals, so that Vision Medicals could confirm that the sequence was SARS-CoV-2 ...
[235] [236] [237] Health officials have confirmed the fifth case of COVID-19 in Australia, and have suspected an additional five. [238] [239] The Sri Lankan Health Ministry confirms its first case of COVID-19, a 43-year-old Chinese woman. [240] Cambodia confirms its first case of the virus, a Chinese man who came with his family to ...
[3] [4] Diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is based on a threefold increase in the blood of either amylase or lipase. [1] In chronic pancreatitis, these tests may be normal. [1] Medical imaging such as ultrasound and CT scan may also be useful. [1] Acute pancreatitis is usually treated with intravenous fluids, pain medication, and sometimes ...
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas.Causes include a gallstone impacted in the common bile duct or the pancreatic duct, heavy alcohol use, systemic disease, trauma, elevated calcium levels, hypertriglyceridemia (with triglycerides usually being very elevated, over 1000 mg/dL), certain medications, hereditary causes and, in children, mumps.
Brazil surpasses 19 million COVID-19 cases while the death toll reaches 531,688. [53] Fiji has confirmed 860 new cases of COVID-19 and announced three deaths bringing the death toll to 51. [54] Malaysia has reported 9,180 new cases, bringing the total number to 817,838. There are 5,713 new recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to ...
Mexico has reported 2,789 new daily death cases, the second most human fatality cases relative of COVID-19, bringing the total death number to 81,877. [citation needed] New Zealand has reported one new imported case, bringing the total to 1,855 (1,499 confirmed and 356 probable). Two new recoveries were reported, bringing the total to 1,790.