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  2. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. History of coronavirus - Wikipedia

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    The species was merged with Rat coronavirus (discovered in 1970 [23]) and Puffinosis coronavirus (discovered in 1982 [59]) as Murine coronavirus in 2009. [60] 229E and OC43 were collectively named Human respiratory virus but merged as Human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E) in 2009. [61]

  4. Origin of SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia

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    On 26 May 2021, President Joe Biden directed the U.S. intelligence community to produce a report within 90 days on whether the COVID-19 virus originated from human contact with an infected animal or from an accidental lab leak, [79] stating his national security staff said there is insufficient evidence to determine either hypothesis to be more ...

  5. COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia

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    [27] [28] In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended "2019 novel coronavirus" (2019-nCoV) [5] [29] as the provisional name for the virus. This was in accordance with WHO's 2015 guidance [ 30 ] against using geographical locations, animal species, or groups of people in disease and virus names.

  7. Outline of the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    Chalk COVID-19 and VE day themed mural in May 2020. COVID-19 pandemic in popular culture; Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage; Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema; Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts; Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media; Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports

  8. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Zoonotic origins of COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, was first introduced to humans through zoonosis (transmission of a pathogen to a human from an animal), and a zoonotic spillover event is the origin of SARS-CoV-2 that is considered most plausible by the scientific community.