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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]
In the opinion of the eight virologists these viruses are members of a previously unrecognized group which they suggest should be called the coronaviruses, to recall the characteristic appearance by which these viruses are identified in the electron microscope. [56] Coronavirus was accepted as a genus name by ICNV in its first report in 1971. [57]
A COVID-19 vaccine is intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 . Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an established body of knowledge existed about the structure and function of coronaviruses causing diseases like severe acute ...
Feb. 11: WHO announced the official name for the disease as “COVID-19,” an abbreviated version of “Coronavirus Disease 2019.” Feb. 13: CDC confirmed the 15th case of COVID-19 in the U.S.
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in 2019, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 known to have been identified were in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019.
[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 ...
The FBI concluded with "moderate confidence" that COVID-19 may have been created in a laboratory, based in part on genomic analysis conducted by scientists at the National Center for Medical Intelligence. [98] On 20 March 2023, the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 was signed into law. On June 23, 2023, the Biden administration released its report ...
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